PROPERTY FROM A COLLECTION

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (1786–1864)
Four Actor Prints
Nagoya, between Miya and Kuwana: (Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XII as) Sanza: a design from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi), here called Tokaido, signed Toyokuni ga, published by Tamaya Sosuke, 1852

Lotus Blossoms in the Pond (Chi no naka no renge): the Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Tenjiku Tokubei, from the series Popular Matches for Thirty-six Selected Flowers (Tosei mitate sanjuroku kasen), signed Kiyo Toyokuni ga, published by Hiranoya Shinzo (Aikindo), 1862

The actor Ichikawa Ebizo V as Hanakawado Banzui Chobei: a design from the series Heroic Commoners in Kabuki (Rien kyokaku den), signed nanajuhassai Toyokuni hitsu [drawn by Toyokuni, aged 78], published by Hiranoya Shinzo (Aikindo), 1863

Actors Onoe Kikujiro II (?) as Kosan and Bando Hikosaburo V as Kingoro: a design from the series Comparisons of Lovers, a Collection of Ballads (Koi awase, hauta-zukushi), signed Konomi ni makase Toyokuni ga, published by Sasaya Matabei, 1860
All vertical oban:
35.9 x 24.9cm.
36.1 x 24.8cm.
36.9 x 25.6cm.
35.5 x 24.3cm.

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