KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861): oban yoko-e, 24.7 x 36.8cm., Yoko from the set Nijushi-ko doji kagami 'Mirror of the twenty-four paragons of filial piety', Yoko protecting his father from a tiger, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, published by Wakasaya, good impression, rather faded, toned and soiled; oban tate-e, 36.1 x 24.4cm., from the set Nitakara-gura kabe no muda-gaki 'Scribblings on a store-house wall', a theatrical caricature with a dancing cat in the centre, good impression and colour, trimmed; KUNIYOSHI, HIROSHIGE and KUNISADA, oban yoko-e, 35 x 22.6cm., harimaze-e, Horyukaku, a baloon fish and a Chinese sennin, the last inscribed Hanabusa Itcho ga--good impression and colour, some wormage and trimmed (3)

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KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861): oban yoko-e, 24.7 x 36.8cm., Yoko from the set Nijushi-ko doji kagami 'Mirror of the twenty-four paragons of filial piety', Yoko protecting his father from a tiger, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, published by Wakasaya, good impression, rather faded, toned and soiled; oban tate-e, 36.1 x 24.4cm., from the set Nitakara-gura kabe no muda-gaki 'Scribblings on a store-house wall', a theatrical caricature with a dancing cat in the centre, good impression and colour, trimmed; KUNIYOSHI, HIROSHIGE and KUNISADA, oban yoko-e, 35 x 22.6cm., harimaze-e, Horyukaku, a baloon fish and a Chinese sennin, the last inscribed Hanabusa Itcho ga--good impression and colour, some wormage and trimmed (3)

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Other impressions of the second and the third prints are illustrated in colour in Ukiyo-e taikei (Shueisha, Tokyo 1974), vol. 10, pls. 42 and 35 respectively

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