KUNICHIKA TOYOHARA (1835-1900), UTAGAWA KUNISADA I (1786–1864)

KUNICHIKA TOYOHARA (1835-1900), UTAGAWA KUNISADA I (1786–1864)
MEIJI ERA (1868-1912)

Four Japanese woodblock prints; 35cm x 23.8cm max. (4)

WITHOUT RESERVE

From an English private collection, Gloucestershire.

Including:
-1: an oban tate-e woodblock print by Utagawa Kunisada I / Toyokuni III (1786–1864) of actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the character Ōboshi Yuranosuke in the kabuki play Chushingura, 1859; signed Toyokuni ga in a toshidama cartouche; published by Iseya Kanekichi; with censor's seal aratame, Goat 11; together with a certificate from Kotobuki GmbH, Munich, and another from Ichiban Arts;
-2: a diptych by Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900) depicting actor in a Kabuki play entitled 'Honour of the deeds of the soldiers of unit Shogu Tai', c.1875; together with a certificate from Ichiban Arts and Kotobuki GmbH.
-3: and a print by Ginko Adachi (act.1874-97), entitled Kodan isseki yomikiri tsuika; depicting the actor Nakamura Shikan in the role of Imagawa Yoshimoto at the Battle of Okehazama; signed Shosetsusai Ginko hitsu, 1874; together with a certificate from Kotobuki GmbH, Munich, and another from Ichiban Arts.