Sale 2338
New York
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15 September 2010
Price realised
USD 8,750
Estimate
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) Two woodcuts: Fuku no kami to Kagomari (The deity of good fortune and Kagomari), signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi giga and published by Iseya Sanjiro, the second print of an ama pursued by a dragon for stealing the Dragon King's treasure pearl, signed Chooro Kuniyoshi ga and published by Tsutaya Kichizo--good impression and color, the first with slight soil, slight pinhole worming oban tate-e: 14½ x 10in. (36.8 x 25.4cm.), each approx. (2)
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