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Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (1786–1864)
Five diptychs and two triptych prints of actors
The actors Bando Kamezo I as Hikimado Chogoro (right) and Onoe Kikugoro IV as Kumasaka Ocho (left)
Woodblock-printed diptych, signed Toyokuni ga, published by Izutsuya Shokichi, 1856

The actors Seki Sanjuro III as Kuraoka Jozaemon (upper right), Onoe Kikugoro IV as Jibuemon's Daughter (Musume) Ohaya (lower right), and Bando Hikosaburo V as Akogi Gennojo (left)
Woodblock-printed diptych, signed Toyokuni ga, published by Sagamiya Tokichi (Ai-To), 1856

Actors in the roles of Yoshioka Sokan and Tenjiku Tokubei, with cherry trees above
Oban diptych, signed Toyokuni ga, published by Otaya Takichi, 1857

The actors Onoe Kikugoro IV and Ichikawa Kodanji IV
Oban diptych, signed Toyokuni ga, published by Izutsuya Shokichi, 1850s

A young man holding a falcon
Vertical oban diptych, signed Kochoro Kunisada ga, 1830s

Actors with children
Woodblock triptych, left and right sheets signed Kochoro Toyokuni ga, middle sheet signed Ichiyusai Toyokuni ga, published by Daikokuya Heikichi, 1840s-50s

Kiishi Hogen and other characters
Woodblock triptych, left and right sheets signed Ichiyusai Toyokuni ga, middle sheet signed Kochoro Toyokuni ga, published by Sanoya Kihei, 1840s-50s
Vertical oban:
The first, each sheet approx. 37.1 x 25.2cm.
The second, each sheet approx. 37 x 25.3cm.
The third, each sheet approx. 37.2 x 25.5cm.
The fourth, each sheet 37.1 x 25.5cm.
The fifth, each sheet approx. 36.5 x 24.5cm.
The sixth, each sheet 34.5 x 24.5cm.
The seventh, each sheet approx. 36.1 x 25.3cm.
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For another impression of both the first and second in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession numbers 11.43848a-b, and 11.43862a-b, go to www.mfa.org/collections

For another impression of the fifth in the Honolulu Museum of Art, go to http://honolulumuseum.org/art/10067

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