Japanese Woodblock Prints
Japanese Woodblock Prints
PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN COLLECTION
Lot Closed
December 17, 03:17 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN COLLECTION
TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892)
TOYOHARA KUNICHIKA (1835–1900)
FOUR TRIPTYCH PRINTS
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Each a woodblock print triptych, and comprising:
- The Fever of Taira no Kiyomori (Taira no Kiyomori hi no yamai no zu), the left sheet signed Yoshitoshi ga, published by Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeido), 8th month 1883
- A Duel between Two Brave Warriors of Kagoshima (Kagoshima ryoyu ikkiuchi no zu), the left sheet signed Oju Taiso Yoshitoshi, published by Okura Magobei, 1877
- Emperor Go-Daigo (Go-Daigo tenno), from the series Illustrated History of Great Japan (Dai nihon shiryaku zue), the right sheet signed Taiso Yoshitoshi, published by Kobayashi Tetsujiro (Maruya Tetsujiro), 1880
- The pirate Kezori Kuemon and courtesan Hakata Kojoro, played by the actors Ichikawa Danjuro IX and Iwai Shijaku IV, the right sheet signed Toyohara Kunichika hitsu, published by Yoshida Kiyomatsu, 1883
Each a vertical oban triptych:
Each sheet approx. 35.6 x 24.6 cm., 14 x 9 5/8 in.