FOUR WOODBLOCK-PRINTED DIPTYCHS AND PART TRIPTYCHS, AND FOUR SINGLE-SHEET PRINTS

PROPERTY FROM A COLLECTION

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797–1861)
Four woodblock-printed diptychs and part triptychs, and four single-sheet prints
Tosei gonin otoko [Five manly men of today], signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, published by Joshu-ya Kinzo, 1847

A design based on the play Futatsu chocho kuruwa nikki [Diary of Two Butterflies in the Pleasure Quarters], signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, published by Izumi-ya Ichibei, circa 1841-2 (left two sheets of a triptych)

Two prints, possibly two sheets from a triptych, depicting Hayano Kanpei, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga

Two prints, possibly two sheets from a triptych, depicting Shunkan Sozu, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga

Yamamoto Kansuke Nyudo Dokisai, from the series Eiyu rokkasen [Selected Heroes of Six Houses], signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, published by Hayashiya Shogoro, 1853

The actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Asakura Togo in the play Higashiyama Sakura soshi [The Higashiyama Storybook], from the series Asakura Ichidaiki [The Life of Asakura], signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, published by Sumiyoshi-ya Masagoro, 1851

A design from the series E-kyodai mitate sanju bokuka sen [Sibling Pictures: Parody of Thirty Selected Trees and Flowers], an actor within a mirror, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, published by Joshuya Kinzo, circa 1845

The actor Onoe Baiko IV as Kanpei nyobo Okaru, the right-hand sheet of a triptych based on the play Yayoi no hana iroha no honsetsu, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, published by Yamamoto-ya Heikichi, 1852
Each oban tate-e:
The first each sheet 36.5 x 25.2cm.
The second each sheet 37.7 x 25.5cm.
The third each sheet approx. 35.7 x 24.8cm.
The fourth each sheet approx. 36.6 x 5.6cm.
The fifth, 35.1 x 23.3cm.
The sixth, 36.1 x 24.8cm.
The seventh, 35.3 x 23.8cm.
The eighth, 35.5 x 25.2cm.

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