Lot of six prints, including three oban tate-e comprising : . an advertising print for the theater, featuring numerous characters on a black background ; . a greetings print, with butterflies, flowers and poems (part of a diptych?) ; . by SADAHIDE (1807-1873), part of a polyptych, various battle scenes on three levels ; . a chûban tate-e by YOSHIIKU (1833-1904), from the Taiheiki hero series, featuring the Bessho samurai Ozaburo Nagaharu ; . two small okubi-e prints, one by HIROSADA (1810-1864) Japan, 19th century (Insolate, worn, soiled)

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