FOUR WOODBLOCK PRINTS OF ACTORS

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Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (1786-1865)
Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900)
Four woodblock prints of actors
Actor Ichikawa Sadanji I representing the Tattooed Priest (Kaosho no Tachi), from the series A Shuihuzhuan of Actors (Haiyu Suikoden), signed Toyohara Kunichika hitsu, published by Morimoto Junzaburo, circa 1873

Yokozo, but actually Kansuke (Yokozo jitsu wa Kansuke), from the series Mirror of Contemporary Autographs (Tosei jihitsu kagami), signed Oju Toyokuni ga, published by Uoya Eikichi, 1861

Umeno Yoshibe, from the series Mirror of Contemporary Autographs (Tosei jihitsu kagami), signed Oju Toyokuni ga, published by Uoya Eikichi, 1861

Portraits of Three Actors, Nakamura Shikan, Sawamura Tanosuke and Sawamura Tosho, signed nanaju-kyu sai Toyokuni hitsu, published by Otaya Takichi, circa 1864
All vertical oban:
Each sheet approx. 36.5 x 23.5cm.

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