UTAGAWA KUNISADA AND UTAGAWA YOSHITORA: chuban (26 x 18 cm. ea. approx.); a triptych on a blue ground of Ikezuki Geitazaemon fighting off five other wrestlers at once, signed Kunisada aratame nidai Toyokuni gihitsu (humorously drawn by Kunisada changing to the second Toyokuni) and Kunisada aratame Ichiyosai Toyokuni ga and another triptych of three wrestlers crossing the Ryogoku Bridge, Ikezuki Geitazaemon ferried in a palanquin, signed Ichimosai Yoshitora ga and published by Uesoya Kyuzo- good impressions, the first good color, the second faded and stained (3)

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UTAGAWA KUNISADA AND UTAGAWA YOSHITORA: chuban (26 x 18 cm. ea. approx.); a triptych on a blue ground of Ikezuki Geitazaemon fighting off five other wrestlers at once, signed Kunisada aratame nidai Toyokuni gihitsu (humorously drawn by Kunisada changing to the second Toyokuni) and Kunisada aratame Ichiyosai Toyokuni ga and another triptych of three wrestlers crossing the Ryogoku Bridge, Ikezuki Geitazaemon ferried in a palanquin, signed Ichimosai Yoshitora ga and published by Uesoya Kyuzo- good impressions, the first good color, the second faded and stained (3)

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Sumo and the Woodblock Print Masters, pl. 46, the first