A COLLECTION OF SEVEN JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS

A COLLECTION OF SEVEN JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS
MEIJI ERA (1868-1912)

26.6cm x 19cm max. (7)

WITHOUT RESERVE

From an English private collection, Gloucestershire.

Including:
-1: an oban tate-e woodblock print by Utagawa Yoshitaki (1841-1899), possibly depicting actor Arashi Rikan (1837-1894), impersonating a character standing before a waterfall; together with a certificate from Ichiban Arts;
-2: an oban tate-e woodblock print by Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III, 1786–1864), entitled Miotsukushi, chapter 14 from the series Ima Genji nishiki-e awase (The Color Print Contest of a Modern Genji), 1853; signed Toyokuni ga in a toshidama cartouche; published by Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudō), with censor’s seal Hama, Magome, Ox 1; together with a certificate from Kotobuki GmbH, Munich, and another from Ichiban Arts;
-3: another oban tate-e woodblock print by Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III, 1786–1864), entitled Usugumo, chapter 19 from the series Ima Genji nishiki-e awase (The Color Print Contest of a Modern Genji), 1854; signed Toyokuni ga in a toshidama cartouche; published by Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudō), with censor’s seal aratame, Tiger 2; together with a certificate from Kotobuki GmbH, Munich, and another from Ichiban Arts;
-4: a third oban tate-e woodblock print by Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III, 1786–1864), entitled Yūgiri, chapter 39 from the series Ima Genji nishiki-e awase (The Color Print Contest of a Modern Genji), 1852; signed Toyokuni ga in a toshidama cartouche; published by Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudō), with censor’s seal Hama, Magome, Rat 5;
-5: a fourth woodblock print from the same series, an oban tate-e by Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III, 1786–1864), entitled Asagao, chapter 20 from the series Ima Genji nishiki-e awase (The Color Print Contest of a Modern Genji), 1852; signed Toyokuni ga in a toshidama cartouche; published by Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudō), with censor’s seal Hama, Magome, Rat 5;
-6: a fifth woodblock print from the same series, an oban tate-e by Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III, 1786–1864), entitled Wakana no jō, chapter 34 from the series Ima Genji nishiki-e awase (The Color Print Contest of a Modern Genji), 1852; signed Toyokuni ga in a toshidama cartouche; published by Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudō), with censor’s seal Hama, Magome, Rat 5; together with a certificate from Kotobuki GmbH, Munich, and another from Ichiban Arts;
-7: and an oban tate-e woodblock print by Ichiyōtei Yoshitaki (1841–1899), the left-side panel of a triptych entitled Harukoma (Actors in a Hobbyhorse Dance), depicting Ichikawa Udanji I, 1874; signed Yoshitaki hitsu; published Wataya Masasuke; together with a certificate from Kotobuki GmbH, Munich, and another from Ichiban Arts;