Utagawa School (19th century)
KUNISADA: a triptych of actors on stage shown half-length with degatari chanters in the background; KUNIYOSHI: a theatrical scene; KUNIMASA V: seven actors as the seven gods of good fortune; ARTIST UNKNOWN (...MITSU): portraits of actors; YOSHITSUYA: a triptych of a scene of slaying a giant snake entitled Taiheiki Yakeyamagoe no zu; TOYOKUNI: one sheet of a triptych, portrait of the actor Bando Mitsugoro; KUNISADA: one sheet of a triptych; and KUNICHIKA: portrait of the actor Onoe Kikugoro under a libretto, titled Haiyu atari kurabe--generally very good impressions and color, slight soiling and creases along edges, the third, paper slightly toned and stained, the fourth, slightly soiled, some with minor worm holes oban tate-e: 38.2 x 25.4cm. each approx. (13)
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