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Utagawa Kunisada
1786-1865
Two horizontal oban showing two wrestlers in a ring, with referee. Signed: Kochoro Kunisada ga. Seal kiwame, c. 1838; an unsigned 18th century print possibly the left part of a multi sheet composition, showing the battle of Benkei and Yoshitsune on Gojo bridge in Kyoto, in good condition; four copies after Sharaku (2x), Kiyonaga and Hokusai; three bookplates plus a copy of a square surimono and a print of a beauty by Kuniyoshi, the first two, good impression, and colour, centerfolds, slight soiling and trimming, the others in indifferent condition. (12)
1786-1865
Two horizontal oban showing two wrestlers in a ring, with referee. Signed: Kochoro Kunisada ga. Seal kiwame, c. 1838; an unsigned 18th century print possibly the left part of a multi sheet composition, showing the battle of Benkei and Yoshitsune on Gojo bridge in Kyoto, in good condition; four copies after Sharaku (2x), Kiyonaga and Hokusai; three bookplates plus a copy of a square surimono and a print of a beauty by Kuniyoshi, the first two, good impression, and colour, centerfolds, slight soiling and trimming, the others in indifferent condition. (12)
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