Japanese & Korean Works of Art - Part One - 21 May 2024
TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-92)
TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-92)
TOYOKUNI III UTAGAWA / KUNISADA I (1786-1865)
AND OTHERS
EDO/MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY
Twelve Japanese woodblock prints depicting figures, the first the lower half of a vertical diptych by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi and titled Seigen daraka no zu (The Depravity of the Abbot Seigen), signed and sealed Yoshitoshi, published by Matsui Eikichi in 1889; another a print by Toyokuni III Utagawa depicting two Kabuki actors, and others; all oban yoko-e, all approx. 38cm x 25.5cm. (12)
PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.
Provenance: an English private collection, Devon.