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Three albums of actor portraits (yakusha mitate-e)
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Utagawa Kunisada I (1786-1865)
Utagawa Kunisada II (1823-1880)
Three albums of actor portraits (yakusha mitate-e)
The first two a total of one-hundred nineteen variously titled woodcuts from the series Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi (The fifty-three stations of the Tokaido) ["Yakusha Tokaido," "Actor Tokaido"] plus title pages, variously published, signed Toyokuni ga (Kunisada I), in paper covers with title slips inscribed in ink,
The third a total of seventy-one variously titled woodcuts from the series Kiso rokujukyu eki (The sixty-nine stations of the Kiso [Highway]), signed Toyokuni ga (Kunisada, signing as Toyokuni III), along with three additional prints from the series Hakken den (The legend of the eight dog warriors), signed Kunisada ga (Kunisada II), in brocade covers
oban tate-e; the first and second albums 14¼ x 10in. (36.2 x 25.4cm.) and the third 14¼ x 10¼in. (36.2 x 25.7cm.) (3)
Utagawa Kunisada II (1823-1880)
Three albums of actor portraits (yakusha mitate-e)
The first two a total of one-hundred nineteen variously titled woodcuts from the series Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi (The fifty-three stations of the Tokaido) ["Yakusha Tokaido," "Actor Tokaido"] plus title pages, variously published, signed Toyokuni ga (Kunisada I), in paper covers with title slips inscribed in ink,
The third a total of seventy-one variously titled woodcuts from the series Kiso rokujukyu eki (The sixty-nine stations of the Kiso [Highway]), signed Toyokuni ga (Kunisada, signing as Toyokuni III), along with three additional prints from the series Hakken den (The legend of the eight dog warriors), signed Kunisada ga (Kunisada II), in brocade covers
oban tate-e; the first and second albums 14¼ x 10in. (36.2 x 25.4cm.) and the third 14¼ x 10¼in. (36.2 x 25.7cm.) (3)
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