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Lot Essay
For another impression of the second see T. Clark, Kuniyoshi: From The Arthur R. Miller Collection, (Royal Academy of Arts, 2009), p.133
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861)
The actor Onoe Kikugoro as the ghost of Oiwa, and Danjuro VII as the villain Iyemon, both signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, good impression and colour, some staining; and a design from the series Kenjo reppuden [Stories of Wise and Virtuous Women], depicting Hatsuhana doing penance under the Tonozawa waterfall, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, good impression and colour, light staining, wear to edges, binding holes restored to top edge
Oban tate-e diptych and Oban tate-e (2)
The actor Onoe Kikugoro as the ghost of Oiwa, and Danjuro VII as the villain Iyemon, both signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, good impression and colour, some staining; and a design from the series Kenjo reppuden [Stories of Wise and Virtuous Women], depicting Hatsuhana doing penance under the Tonozawa waterfall, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, good impression and colour, light staining, wear to edges, binding holes restored to top edge
Oban tate-e diptych and Oban tate-e (2)
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