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Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (1786–1864)
Two actor prints
No. 24, Shibuya: Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Konnomaru Masatoshi, from the series Pictures of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho zue)
Woodblock print, signed Toyokuni ga, published by Iseya Chusuke, 1852

An actor in the role of the ronin (masterless samurai) Date Yosaku, from the series Top Stars with Their Own Calligraphy (Tosei jihitsu kagami), signed Oju Toyokuni ga, published by Uoya Eikichi, 1861
Both vertical oban:
36.8 x 25.2cm.
35.4 x 24.7cm.
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For another impression of the first in The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University, Japan, go to http://enpaku.waseda.ac.jp/db/enpakunishik/results-big.php?shiryo_no=006-1979

And for another in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 11.42278, go to www.mfa.org/collections

For another impression of the second in the National Diet Library, Japan, go to http://www.dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/1304301

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