Lot 118
Lot 118
Utagawa Yoshitora (active circa 1836–1887) Utagawa Yoshimori (1830–1884)

TWO WOODBLOCK-PRINTED TRIPTYCHS

Price Realised GBP 1,187.50
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GBP 700 - GBP 1,000
Closed: 21 Apr 2015
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Utagawa Yoshitora (active circa 1836–1887) Utagawa Yoshimori (1830–1884)

TWO WOODBLOCK-PRINTED TRIPTYCHS

Price Realised GBP 1,187.50
Closed: 21 Apr 2015
Price Realised GBP 1,187.50
Closed: 21 Apr 2015
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Utagawa Yoshitora (active circa 1836–1887)
Utagawa Yoshimori (1830–1884)
Two woodblock-printed triptychs
Jingu Kogo Sankan seibatsu... tora taiji [Empress Jingu Attacks the Three Korean Kingdoms...the Hunting of Tigers]
Signed Ichimosai Yoshitora ga (on each sheet), published 1856

Mukashi-banashi shita-kiri suzume [The Old Story of the Tongue-cut Sparrow]
Signed Yoshimori giga (on right sheet), Yoshimori ga (on center and left sheets), published by Kogaya Katsugoro, 1864
Both vertical oban triptychs
The first, each sheet approx. 35.5 x 24.6cm.
The second, each sheet approx. 36.1 x 24.3cm.
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