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Utagawa Yoshitsuya (1822–1866)
Utagawa Yoshifusa (active circa 1837-1860)
Utagawa Kunitsuna (1805-1868)
Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833–1904)
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892)
And Utagawa School
Two woodblock-printed triptychs, a part triptych and seven single prints
Lord Yoritomo and His Entourage Ford the Oi River (Yoritomo ko Oigawa gyoretsu (no) zu), signed Ichieisai Yoshitsuya ga, published by Daikokuya Kinnosuke (Kinjiro), 1863

Kusunoki Holds the Chihaya Castle (Kusunoki chihaya rojo zu), signed Ichimosai Yoshifusa ga, published by Arita-ya Seiemon

Two sheets from a triptych depicting courtiers, signed Kunitsuna, published by Koshimura-ya Heisuke

Chapter 1, Kiritsubo: Chichibu no Shoji Shigetada and Akoya, from the series Modern Imitations of Genji (Imayo nazorae Genji), published by Omiya Kyujiro (Kiyudo), 1864

Kyoto: Nobles Viewing a No Play (Kyoto no uchi, ouchi no joran zu), from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tokaido Road (Tokaido meisho fukei), also known as the also known as the Processional Tokaido, signed Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi ga, published by Seibundo Masakichi, 1863

Together with:
Five unsigned Utagawa school prints of various subjects, circa 1850s
The first, vertical oban triptych, each sheet approx. 36.7 x 25.5cm.
The second, vertical oban triptych, each sheet approx. 36.4cm. x 25.4cm.
The third two oban sheets, each sheet approx. 37.1 x 25.2cm.
The fourth, vertical oban, 33.7 x 22.7cm.
The fifth, vertical oban, 35.2 x 23.2cm.
The last five each vertical oban, each approx. 36 x 25.7cm.
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For an impression of the first in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, go to www.mfa.org/collections/ and input accession number 11.37929a-c. And for another in the collection of Shimada City Museum, Japan, go to https://www.city.shimada.shizuoka.jp/hakubutsukan/collections/ukiyoe/ukiyoe009.html

For an impression of the fourth in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, go to www.mfa.org/collections/ and input accession number 11.41104.

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