Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900), Two woodblock print triptychs, Edo - Meiji period, 19th century

Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900)

Two woodblock print triptychs 

Edo - Meiji period, 19^th century 

each a woodblock print, triptych, framed and glazed, and comprising: 

- A shamisen player and dancer performing to Genji, the right sheet signed Kunichika ga (Pictured by Kunichika) within toshidama cartouche, censor's seal aratame (certified), published by Fujiokaya Keijiro (Shorindo), 11^th month 1870, depicting a scene of figures at leisure on a terrace, seated before trays of food, watching a dancer and shamisen player, fireworks visible in the background over the city

- Dawn Bell in the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara no aki no kane), from the series Eight Views of Edo (Edo hakkei no uchi), each sheet signed Kunichika hitsu (Brush of Kunichika), censor's seal aratame (certified), published by Kiya Sojiro (Kobokudo), 7^th month 1867, depicting a nocturnal scene with a figure emerging from a palanquin surrounded by a woman, child and attendants 

34.5 by 71.5cm and 34.6 by 71.5cm

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