Lot 8
Lot 8
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833-1904)

FIVE WARRIOR PRINTS

Price Realised GBP 750
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GBP 1,000 - GBP 1,500
Closed: 21 Apr 2015
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833-1904)

FIVE WARRIOR PRINTS

Price Realised GBP 750
Closed: 21 Apr 2015
Price Realised GBP 750
Closed: 21 Apr 2015
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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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