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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833-1904)
Five warrior prints
Mase Magoshiro Masatatsu, no. 41 from the series Biographies of Loyal and Righteous Samurai (Seichu gishi den), signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, published by Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudo), 1847

Uramatsu Handayu Takanao, no. 19 from the series Biographies of Loyal and Righteous Samurai (Seichu gishi den), signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, published by Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudo), 1847

Watanabe Shizuma, from the series Stories of Loyalty, Filial Piety, and Vengeance (Katakiuchi chuko den)

Inuta Kobungo Yasuyori, from the series The Eight Dog Heroes of Old Kyokutei, Best of Refined Authors (Kyokutei-o seicho Hakkenshi zui-ichi), signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, published by Nishimuraya Yohachi, circa 1835

Enjo Jizaemon, from the series Heroes for the Twenty-Eight Lunar Lodges, with Poems (Eimei nijuhasshuku), signed Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga, published by Sanoya Tomigoro (Kinseido), 1867
All vertical oban:
Each sheet approx. 37.3 x 25.1cm.
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For another impression of the first and second in the collection of the British Museum, museum numbers 1906,1220,0.1188 and 1906,1220,0.1169, go to www.britishmuseum.org/research

For additional impressions of the first in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, accession numbers 11.28942, 11.26038 and 11.45386.41, go to www.mfa.org/collections

For another impression of the second in The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University, Japan, go to
http://enpaku.waseda.ac.jp/db/enpakunishik/results-big.php?shiryo_no=100-1538

For another impression of the third, fourth and fifth in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, accession numbers 11.38050, 11.38051 and 11.41224, go to www.mfa.org/collections

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