UTAGAWA KUNISADA I (TOYOKUNI III, 1786-1865)

UTAGAWA KUNISADA I (TOYOKUNI III, 1786-1865)
UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)
EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

Five Japanese oban tate-e woodblock prints, four by Kunisada variously depicting beauties in interiors, a man reading a letter and another drinking sake on a balcony; the fifth by Kuniyoshi and entitled Ryōgoku no tsuki (Moon at Ryōgoku Bridge); three mounted on board, 37.2cm x 25.2cm max. (5)

Provenance: from the Estate of a Collector, Heath House, Hampshire, and thence by descent. By repute, acquired in Asia at the turn of the 19th century.