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Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV, 1823-1880) Edo period (1615-1868), 1865-1870 image 1

Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV, 1823-1880) Edo period (1615-1868), 1865-1870 image 2

Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV, 1823-1880) Edo period (1615-1868), 1865-1870 image 3

Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV, 1823-1880) Edo period (1615-1868), 1865-1870 image 4

Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV, 1823-1880) Edo period (1615-1868), 1865-1870 image 5

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Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV, 1823-1880) Edo period (1615-1868), 1865-1870 image 7

Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV, 1823-1880) Edo period (1615-1868), 1865-1870 image 8

Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV, 1823-1880) Edo period (1615-1868), 1865-1870 image 9

Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV, 1823-1880) Edo period (1615-1868), 1865-1870 image 10

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Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV, 1823-1880)
Edo period (1615-1868), 1865-1870

20 March 2019, 10:00 EDT

New York

Sold for US$892.50 inc. premium

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Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV, 1823-1880)

Edo period (1615-1868), 1865-1870
Comprising four oban tate-e prints and an oban tate-e print triptych: the first titled Boso awabi tori onna (Abalone Divers in Boso, Chiba), from the series Josho sanjuroku kisen (36 Women of All Ranks), 1870, published by Tsutaya Kichizo, censor's seal mi ku aratame, signed Oko Kunisada hitsu; Bando Hikosaburo as Uba Otsuji and Iwai Hisajiro as Botaro, 1864, censor's seal ne ku aratame, singed Kunisada ga; Rokudanme (Act VI): Actors Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Tanegashima Gonroku, Nakamura Tsuruzo I as Metsubo Yahachi, and Ichikawa Danzo I as Tanuki no Kakubei, and left sheet of a diptych of Shichidanme (Act VII), Sawamura Tossho II as Teraoka Heiemon's Younger Sister Okura, both from the series Joruri Chushingura (A Joruri Performance of The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers), 1865, censor's seal ushi shi aratame, signed Kunisada hitsu; and a triptych depicting actors Bando Hikosaburo V as Ukiyo Tohei (right), Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Nozarashi Gosuke (center), and Ichikawa Danzo VI as Rokuji Namuemon (left), 1865, censor's seal ushi ni aratame, signed Baichoro Kunisada ga (on each sheet); each published by Iseya Kanekichi (7)
14 1/2 x 10in (37.5 x 25.4cm) each approximately

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