JAPAN - TOYOKUNI 1st (1769-1825): The actor Iwai Kumesaburo holding a katana and…

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JAPAN - TOYOKUNI 1st (1769-1825): The actor Iwai Kumesaburo holding a katana and a lantern. Oban Tate-e print, signed, circa 1830

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JAPAN - TOYOKUNI 1st (1769-1825): The actor Iwai Kumesaburo

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JAPAN Set of 10 triptychs and one diptych Depicting actors, kabuki theater scenes, battle scenes by TOYOHARA Kunichika, TOYOKUNI III, UATAGAWA Yoshikazu and others Enclosed: an incomplete triptych by TOYOKUNI III

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Oban tate-e print by TOYOKUNI III: princess and next observed by a woman, signed TOYOKUNI ga, publisher TSUJIOKAYA BUNSUKE JAPAN 1856 1st month (lined, corner restored). 35.5x25cm.

Starting price 200 EUR

Lot of twelve oban tate-e and yoko-e prints, by various artists, including : . HIROSHIGE, from the Shinsen Edo Meisho series, "famous Edo places, newly selected", spring in the new Yoshiwara ; . TOYOKUNI I, three oban tate-e, actor Iwai Hanshiro, actor Sadakuro Ichikawa Ichikura, courtesan ; . HOKUEI, two actors fighting ; . TOYOKUN III, two oban tate-e, parts of triptychs, actors; one yoko-e, scene of a play, three actors ; . KUNIYOSHI, actor (badly damaged) ; . Anonymous, part of a triptych, cartoon scene, characters by a well; two actors, one appearing in a vignette; part of a triptych, samurai on horseback. Japan, 19th century Attached is a small-format reproduction, after Hiroshige, of the "Sixty-nine stations of the Tôkaidô" series, Miyanokoshi. (Insolate, worn, soiled, some damaged).

Estim. 250 - 500 EUR

UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI I: ACTOR SEGAWA KIKUNOJO V AS OISO NO TORA UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI I: ACTOR SEGAWA KIKUNOJO V AS OISO NO TORA By Utagawa Toyokuni I (1769-1825), signed oju Toyokuni ga Japan, dated 1823 Color woodblock print on paper. Vertical oban. Signed oju Toyokuni ga, censor’s seal: kiwame; publisher Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyudo). Titled Segawa Kikunojō V as Oiso no Tora, from the series Yakusha tosei kagami (Modern Mirror of Actors). Portrait of kabuki actor Segawa Kikunojo V (1802-1832) in the role of the courtesan Oiso no Tora. The toggle to the end of the cord is decorated with the actor's mon crest. SIZE of the sheet 38 x 25.9 cm Condition: Good condition with good colors and wear. Some soiling, staining, and foxing. The wormholes repaired. Gently mounted on a passepartout. There are two different sets of prints that follow the same template. The first is by Toyokuni I, the teacher, from ca. 1823 and the second is by Kunisada, his pupil, from ca. 1838. See the collection of the British Museum, for a half-length portrait of kabuki actor Segawa Kikunojo V as the courtesan Oiso no Tora, by Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III), museum number 2018,3021.50. Museum comparison: A closely related print, bearing the same seals, is listed in the repository of the Waseda University Cultural Resource Database: The database of ukiyo-e, artwork number 100-1881.

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