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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865)
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865)
Yashima Gakutei (ca.1786-1868)
Three surimono, the first an okubi-e (large-head portrait) of the actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Kagekiyo, performed in 2/1824, poems above by Kyokado, signed Gototei Kunisada ga; the second, an okubi-e of the actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Arajishi Otokonosuke, from the play Date kurabe Okuni kabuki, poems above signed Kaoen Orai and Shibaen Morisuna, signed Kunisada ga; the third, a beauty seated beside a brazier with a teacup in her hand, the background decorated with cherry blossoms and a fan-shaped cartouche above subtitled Sakura [no] hana (Cherry blossoms) and inscribed with poems by Bunbunsha (Bunbunsha Kagikomaru) and Bunshosha Ashichika, signed Gakutei--generally good impressions, faded, soiled, stained and rubbed
kakuban: 20.9 x 18.6cm., the first; 21.1 x 18.6cm., the second; and 20.8 x 18.3cm., the third (3)
Yashima Gakutei (ca.1786-1868)
Three surimono, the first an okubi-e (large-head portrait) of the actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Kagekiyo, performed in 2/1824, poems above by Kyokado, signed Gototei Kunisada ga; the second, an okubi-e of the actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Arajishi Otokonosuke, from the play Date kurabe Okuni kabuki, poems above signed Kaoen Orai and Shibaen Morisuna, signed Kunisada ga; the third, a beauty seated beside a brazier with a teacup in her hand, the background decorated with cherry blossoms and a fan-shaped cartouche above subtitled Sakura [no] hana (Cherry blossoms) and inscribed with poems by Bunbunsha (Bunbunsha Kagikomaru) and Bunshosha Ashichika, signed Gakutei--generally good impressions, faded, soiled, stained and rubbed
kakuban: 20.9 x 18.6cm., the first; 21.1 x 18.6cm., the second; and 20.8 x 18.3cm., the third (3)