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KIYONOBU, KIYOHIRO, UTAMARO: hosoban and oban tate-e; a scene of the warrior Kumagai Jiro no Naozane on horseback, other warriors coming up the hill behind him, signed Torii Kiyonobu hitsu [Kiyonobu II] and published by Yamamoto Maruko; the actors Yamashita Matataro and Nakamura Tomijiro in an interior, signed Torii Kiyohiro hitsu and published by Urokugataya; a slender young woman tying the sash of her kimono while she converses with another woman kneeling under a mosquito net, the center panel of the triptych Fujin tomari kyaku no zu "Women guests lodging overnight at an inn", large tear so title cartouche missing, signed Utamaro hitsu and published by Tsuruya Kinsuke, laid down on mat marked with intials of John Mellor; a sumizuri-e of actors in a scene from a play attributed to Kiyomasu- moderately good impressions and condition (5)