Lot 95
Lot 95
THREE TRIPTYCH PRINTS OF PRICE GENJI, ACTORS AND BIJIN

Utagawa Kuniteru I (active about 1820 – 1860) Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (1786 – 1864)

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THREE TRIPTYCH PRINTS OF PRICE GENJI, ACTORS AND BIJIN

Utagawa Kuniteru I (active about 1820 – 1860) Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (1786 – 1864)

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Utagawa Kuniteru I (active about 1820 – 60)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (1786 – 1864)
Three triptych prints of Price Genji, actors and bijin

1. That Familiar Figure with Snow (Sono sugata yukari no yuki), from the series Snow, Moon, and Flowers (Setsugekka), signed Ichiyusai Kuniteru ga, published by Joshuya Juzo / Jubei (Kinjudo), 1855, 5th month

2. An actor triptych with a courtesan to the left sheet, the actor Hanakawado no Sukeroku dressed robes decorated with carp in water, the right panel with a further actor, each sheet signed Toyokuni ga, published by Hayashiya Shogoro, 1858, 3rd month

3. An actor triptych featuring actors in the roles of Matsuomaru (left sheet), Shiradayu and Yae (middle sheet), Chiyo and Sakuramaru (right sheet), each sheet signed Toyokuni ga, published by Otaya Takichi, 1857, 9th month
Each vertical oban triptych (each sheet approx. 35 x 24.9 cm.)
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