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KUNISADA(1786-1864):surimono, kakuban,each approx. 20.6 x 18.2cm., three portraits of the actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII, the first in the role of Tenjuku Tokubei reading a handscroll at night, with a poem beside by Rokkitsuen Yoshika, signed Tojuen Kunisada ga; the second in the same role, three poems by Bunkosha Funazumi, Bunshosha Ashichika and Unabara Ebio, signed Gototei Kunisada ga; another, in the role of Akushichibyoe Kagekiyo, with three poems by Kamenoya Osamaru, Bunsosha Matsutoshi and Bunbunsha (Kagikomaru), signed Gototei Kunisada ga--all good impressions, slightly faded and soiled, lightly backed; and a diptych with Ichikawa Danjuro as Fuwa Banzaemon and Onoe Kikugor III as Nagoya Sanzabeneath the cherry blossoms, from the play Saya ate, signed Gototei Kunisada ga, each with a seal of Shippo-ren--good impression, slightly faded and soiled, slight creasing, lightly backed (5)