A BATTLE SCENE HEXAPTYCH AND A TRIPTYCH

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Utagawa Yoshikazu (active circa 1848-1863)
A battle scene hexaptych and a triptych
The hexaptych:
The left three sheets with title Picture of the Soga Brothers night attack (Soga keitei youchi no zu)
The right three sheets with title On the 28th Day of the Fifth Month of 1193, in the Foothills of Mount Fuji, the Soga Brothers Carry Out a Night Attack and Achieve Their Desire (Kenkyu yonen gogatsu nijuhachinichi Fuji no susono Soga kyodai youchi honmo no zu )
Woodblock hexaptych, signed Ichijusai Yoshikazu ga, published by Maruya Jinpachi, September, 1858

Actors on stage at the Imura theatre, woodblock triptych, signed Oju Kunisada ga, published by Tsutaya Juzaburo
Vertical oban hexaptych, the left three sheets each sheet approx. 37.3 x 25.1cm.
The right three sheets mounted on card backed with the third triptych 38.7 x 79cm.

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