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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- Three Women in an Interior. From the series Tatsumi hakkei no uchi(Eight Views of Fukagawa). Early 1840's.
Oban triptych. 38.1 x 78.3 cm. Fine impression, colour and condition.
$5,500
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)- Wood (ki): Yadorigi from the series Comparisons for the Five Elements (Mitate gogyo). 1851.
Triptych. Marks, Genji’s World, G-456-01. Fine impression with strong woodgrain. Fine colour and condition.
$2,600
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- Maple Leaves Koto Design (Momijigasa ito no ayagoto). Circa 1850.
Oban triptych. Fine, early impression. Fine colour and condition. Marks, Genji’s World, plate 157.
$1,500
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- Chapter 14 (Nijuyon no maki). From the series Lasting Impressions of a Late Genji Collection (Genji goshu yojo). 1859.
Oban diptych. Marks, Genji’s World, plate 123. Fine impression, colour and condition.
$900
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- Chapter 19 (Jukyu no maki). From the series Lasting Impressions of a Late Genji Collection. (Genji goshu yojo). 1859.
Oban diptych. Marks, Genji’s World, plate 128. Fine impression, colour and condition.
$900
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- In the Inner Chambers on Tatami. 1851.
Oban triptych. Marks, Genji’s World, G-199, Fine impression, colour and condition.
$1,500
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- Prince Genji Getting Ready to Depart on a Veranda.
Naniwa no besso akebono no zu (Dawn at the Villa in Osaka). 1855. Oban triptych. 37.5 x 75 cm. Marks, Genji’s World, G231. Fine impression with burnishing. Fine colour and condition.
$3,000
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- Prince Genji on a Beach with Awabi Divers.
Ise no ama naga-awabi tsukuri no zu (View of the Ise Divers Processing Abalone). 1860. Oban triptych. 37 x 74.1 cm. Marks, Genji’s World, plate 251, G266; Baur/II/324; UTS/12/205. Fine impression with strong woodgrain. Fine colour and condition. Marks (op. cit.) notes that this is the deluxe of version of the print with more expensive pigments. It is interesting to note that both Van Gogh and Monet owned impressions of this design.
$3,500
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- A Woman Slicing Red Fish.
Red (Aka). From the series Ukiyo goshiki awase (Matching with Five Colours of the Floating World). 1844. Oban. 37 x 25.5 cm. Fine impression, colour and condition.
$1,900
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- Komuso (itinerant Buddhist monk) with a Young Girl. Circa 1840.
Vertical oban diptych. Fine impression and colour. Very good condition. The print retains its original paper mount. It was not uncommon for ukiyo-e artists to depict beautiful men as itinerant monks.
$2,500
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Katsukawa Shunsen (1762-circa 1830)- A Standing Courtesan. Circa 1810.
Vertical oban diptych. Fine impression and colour. Very good condition with some old creasing. The print retains its original paper mount.
$3,500
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- Three Women in an Interior.
From the series Tatsumi hakkei no uchi (Eight Views of Fukagawa). Early 1840’s. Oban triptych. 38.3 x 77.4 cm. Fine impression, colour and condition.
$4,200
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- Three Women on a Veranda.
From the series Tatsumi hakkei no uchi (Eight Views of Fukagawa). Early 1840’s. Oban triptych. 37.5 x 77.4 cm. Fine impression, colour and condition.
$4,900
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Utagawa Yoshifuji (1828-1887)- Two Women with a Cat. From the series Kaiko yashinai-gusa (Silkworm Cultivation). Circa 1850.
Oban. Very good impression, colour and condition. The women are moving newly hatched silkworm larvae from the paper on which the eggs are laid to a tray where they would feed on mulberry leaves. This process of brushing off the larvae with a feather onto a tray was called hakitate.
$800
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Utagawa Toyoshige (1777-1835) & Utagawa Kunihiro (1815-1840) - A Half-length Portrait of a Woman Holding a Sword (by Toyoshige). Ratand Adonis (by Kunihiro). From the series Furyu azuma sugata junishi(Eastern Elegance, the Twelve Animals of the Calendrical Cycle). Circa1830.
Oban. Fine impression, colour and condition.
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Keisai Eisen (1790-1848)- The Fourth Month: Changing Clothes, Green Bamboo Blinds (Shigatsukoromagae aosudare). The Courtesan Hinanosuke of the Daikokuya.From the series Shin Yoshiwara nenju gyoji (Annual Events in the NewYoshiwara). Circa 1830
Oban. Very good impression. Fine colour and condition.
$2,800
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Teisai Sencho (Active circa 1830-1850)- Sumida River (Sumida-gawa): the Courtesan Nagato of the Owariya.From the series Zensei azuma fukei (Flourishing Scenes of the East).Circa 1830.
Oban. Fine impression, colour and condition.
$1,800
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Teisai Sencho (Active circa 1830-1850)- The Plum Garden (Ume yashiki): the Courtesan Nanaoka of the Sugata-Ebiya. From the series Zensei azuma fukei (Flourishing Scenes of theEast). Circa 1830.
Oban. Fine impression, colour and condition.
$1,800
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Teisai Sencho (Active circa 1830-1850)- Fukagawa: The Courtesan Aimachi of the Sugata-Ebiya. From the seriesZensei azuma fukei (Flourishing Scenes of the East). Circa 1830.
Oban. Fine impression, colour and condition.
$1,800
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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)- Moto Hachiman: Single Blossoms, Double Blossoms (Hitoe, Yae). Fromthe series Edo hanami-zsukushi (Cherry Blossom Viewing Spots in Edo).Circa 1830.
Oban. Fine impression, colour and condition.
$2,500
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- Ueno: Parasol Cherry, Mt. Koya Cherry, Mountain Cherry, Higan Cherry,Double Blossoms, Single Blossoms (Kinugasa sakura, Koyazakura,Yamazakura, Higan sakura, Yae, Hitoe).
. From the series Edo hanami- zsukushi(Cherry Blossom Viewing Spots in Edo). Circa 1830.Oban. Fine impression, colour and condition.
$2,500
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- New Higurashi (Shin Higurashi): Double Blossoms, Single Blossoms,Mountain Cherry (Yae, Hitoe, Yamazakura). From the series Edo hanami-zsukushi (Cherry Blossom Viewing Spots in Edo). Circa 1830.
Oban. Fine impression, colour and condition.
$2,500
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Ganjosai Kunihiro (Active circa 1815-1843)- The Courtesan Take of the Matsutsuruya as the Bodhisattva Fugen withthe Elephant. From the series Naniwa shimanouchi nerimono (CostumeParade in Shimanouchi, Osaka). 1828.
Oban. Kamigata yakusha-e shusei, vol. II, no. 50. Fine impression with metallic printing. Fine colour and condition.
$1,900
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- Akabane Suitengu. From the series Nigiou imose ennichi (Lively Festival for Lovers). Early 1830's.
Oban. Fine impression. Very good colour and condition. The impression in the MFA, Boston lacks the blue shading at top.
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- The Fifth Month: Scented Bathwater (Gogatsu, sobu yu). From the series Yoshiwara nenju gyoji (Annual Events in the Yoshiwara). 1822.
Oban. Fine impression. Very good colour and condition.
$1,450
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- A Woman Holding a Teapot. From the series Edo hanami-zsukushi (Cherry Blossom Viewing Spots in Edo). Circa 1830.
Oban. Fine impression and colour. Very good condition.
$1,900
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- A Woman in a Kimono Decorated with Morning-glory. Early 1840's.
Vertical oban diptych. Fine impression and colour. Very good condition. This print retains its original paper mount.
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- The Osaka Courtesan Nakasashi Kneeling on a Futon Looking at HerReflection in a Mirror. Osaka Shima-no-uchi Nakasashi (Nakasashi fromShima-no-uchi in Osaka).
From the series Ukiyo meisho (meijo) zue (Remarkable Women of the Floating World. Early 1820’s. Oban. 38.4 x 26.5 cm. UTS/XI/125; Schaap, Kunisada, no. 6. Fine impression and colour. Very good condition.
$2,300
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Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806)- Purple (Murasaki-iro). From the series Edo some ada moyo: jiiro shinan (Coquettish Patterns of Edo Dyes: Instructions on Love Affairs with Young Women). Circa 1803
Koban. 19.2 x 12.1 cm. Fine impression, colour and condition.
$1,900
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Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806)- Light blue (Hana-iro). From the series Edo some ada moyo: jiiro shinan (Coquettish Patterns of Edo Dyes: Instructions on Love Affairs with Young Women). Circa 1803
Koban. 19.2 x 12.2 cm. Fine impression, colour and condition.
$1,900
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Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806)- Pale Yellow (asaki-iro). From the series Edosome ada moyo: Jiiro shinan (Coquettish Patterns of Edo Dyes: Instructions on Love Affairs with Young Women). Circa 1802.
Koban. 18.8 x 12.1 cm. Fine impression and colour. Very good condition.
$900.
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Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806)- Two Lovers. Purple (fuji-iro). From the series Edosome ada moyo: Jiiro shinan (Coquettish Patterns of Edo Dyes: Instructions on Love Affairs with Young Women). Circa 1802.
Koban. 18.8 x 12.1 cm. Fine impression, colour and condition.
$900.
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Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806)- Two Lovers. Grey (nezumi-iro). From the series Edosome ada moyo: Jiiro shinan (Coquettish Patterns of Edo Dyes: Instructions on Love Affairs with Young Women). Circa 1802.
Koban. 18.8 x 12.1 cm. Fine impression. Very fine, unfaded colour. Fine condition.
$900
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Hosoda Eishi (1756-1829)- The Courtesan Meizan of the Chojiya with Attendants. Circa 1790.
Chuban. Fine impression. Very good colour and condition. Trimmed at left and bottom. An apparently unrecorded benigirai-e.
$900
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- A Standing Courtesan. Wood (Kisho). From the series Tosei fuzoku gosei (Five Elements of Contemporary Customs). Circa mid-1830's
Oban. Fine impression and colour. Very good condition.
$880.
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- A Seated Beauty Holding a Wrapper. Ningyo-cho. From the series Edo meisho hyakunin bijo (Famous Place of Edo Compared to One Hundred Beautiful Women). 1858.
Fine impression, colour and condition.
$550.
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- Murasaki-shikibu. Poet no. 57. From the series Hyakunin-isshu Emyo (One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets). Circa 1845.
Oban. Fine impression and colour. Very good condition.
$550.
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- Sightseeing Famous Places in the Eastern Capital: The Year-end Fair at Asakusa (Toto meisho yuran: Gokugetsu Asakusa ichi). Mid-1840’s.
Oban triptych. Fine impression, colour and condition.
$5,000
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)- Prince Genji in a Boat with the Ladies Looking at Ducks in the Waterwith a Snow Covered Scene Behind. Sui: Ukifune (Water: a DriftingBoat). From the series Mitate gogyo (Visual Parody of the FiveElements). Circa 1850.
Oban triptych. Fine impression, colour and condition. Genji’s World in Japanese Woodblock Prints, no. 24. The title of the print alludes to the winter elopement by boat of Ukifune with Prince Niou.
$4,900
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- Prince Genji Drinking Sake in a Boat Whilst Watching Awabi Divers.Miitsuji iso asobi sono ni: awabi no zu (Mitsuuji’s Amusement at theSeashore Two: An Illustration of Abalone). 1858.
Oban triptych. Genji’s World in Japanese Woodblock Prints, no. 195, Baur/II/342. Fine impression, colour and condition.
$4,500
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- Clearing Weather on the Sumida Embankment (Sumida tsutsumi no seiran). From the series Edo hakkei no uchi (Eight Views of Edo).
1844. Oban triptych. Fine impression, colour and condition.
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- A Beauty in the Snow. 1830’s.
Vertical oban diptych. Fine impression and colour. Very good condition.
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Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825)- A Seated Beauty Adjusting Her Hair. Seki-dera Komachi. From the seriesImaya musume nana komachi (Beauties of the Present Day Compared tothe Seven Komachi). Circa 1810’s.
Oban. 39.1 x 26.5 cm. Provenance: unidentified collector’s seal on verso. Fine impression with embossing on deluxe, heavy paper. Fine colour and condition.
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Keisai Eisen (1790-1848)- Courtesan (Shogi). From the series Imayo mime kurabe (Contests of Beautiful Women). Circa 1830.
Oban. Very good impression, colour and condition. Rare.
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Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806)- Widow (Goke). From the series Onna fuzoku shinasadame (Comparisons of the Customs of Women). Circa 1801.
Koban. Fine impression, colour and condition.
$1,500
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Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806)- Wife (Nyobo). From the series Onna fuzoku shinasadame (Comparisons of the Customs of Women). Circa 1801.
Koban. Fine impression, colour and condition. A faded and damaged impression is in Minneapolis.
$1,900
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Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806)- Courtesan (Yujo). From the series Onna fuzoku shinasadame(Comparisons of the Customs of Women). Circa 1801.
Koban. Fine impression, colour and condition.
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Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806)- Woman of Ohara (Oharame). From the series Onna fuzoku shinasadame (Comparisons of the Customs of Women). Circa 1801.
Koban. Fine impression, colour and condition. Keyblock impression of this print are in Boston.
$1,900
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- Prince Genji Peeking in From a Window onto a Room with Women Performing Domestic Chores.Circa 1850
Oban triptych. Fine impression, colour and condition. (Note the extensive use of the Genji mon throughout the print).
$1,500
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- A Woman Cutting Her Toenails. From the series Hanagoyomi kuchinichi sugata (Lucky Days from the Almanac). 1844.
Oban. Fine impression and colour. Very good condition.
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)- The Spirit of the Komachi Cherry Tree (Komachi-zakura no sei). From the series Shingata sanjurokkaisen (New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts). 1889.
Oban. Keyes 509-7, Stevenson 8. Fine impression with two colour cartouche. Fine colour and condition.
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)- Looking Delighted: the Appearance of a Present-day Geisha of the MeijiEra (Ureshi-so: Meiji nenkan tokon geigi no fuzoku). From the seriesFuzoku sanjuni-so (Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners). 1888.
Oban. 37.3 x 25.5 cm. Keyes 503-32, Stevenson 31. Fine impression, colour and condition.
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)- Whetstone Suggesting the Tonsure. From the series Shimazoroi onnaBenkei (Women in Benkei-checked Fabrics). Circa 1844.
1844. Oban. 37 x 25.3cm. Robinson (1961) no. 137. Fine impression, colour and condition.
$1,900
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)- A Snowy Morning (Yukinoasa). From the series Setsugekka no uchi(Snow, Moon and Flowers). Circa 1850.
Oban triptych. 37.5 x 76.3 cm. Baur/II/G-405. Fine impression, colour and condition.
$8,000
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- A Woman Holding a Cat. Nabekin of Osakamachi. From the series Tojikomei kaiseki zukushi (A Collection of Famous Restaurants of ModernTimes). Circa 1820.
Oban. 38.1 x 25.6 cm. UTS/11/283. Fine impression, colour and condition.
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- A Woman Playing with a Cat. Yometori yoshi (An Auspicious Day forBrides). From the series Hanagoyomi kichimichi sugata (Images FromAuspicious Days in the Floral Calendar). 1844.
Oban. 37 x 25 cm. Fine impression, colour and condition.
$1,400
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- Snow at Mimeguri (Mimeguri no Yuki). From the series Shiki no uchi(Four Seasons). Circa 1830’s.
Oban triptych. 38.7 x 78.6 cm. Oka Isaburo and Suzuki Juzo, Koki Ukiyo-e , Vol. 7, plate 25 (this impression). Fine impression, colour and condition.
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Kikugawa Eizan (1787-1867)- A Woman Lighting a Lantern. Circa 1830.
Vertical oban diptych. 74.2 x 37.1 cm. Fine impression on luxurious paper. Very good colour and condition with a few expertly restored wormholes.
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Keisai Eisen (1790-1848)- A Woman Holding Her Kimono in the Wind. 1830.
Vertical oban diptych. 74.2 x 25. Fine impression, colour and condition.
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- Chapter 13 (Jusan no maki). From the series Lasting Impressions of a Late Genji Collection (Genji joshu yojo).
1858. Oban diptych. Fine impression with the embossed Genji mon printed in the background. Fine colour and condition. Genji’s World in Japanese Woodblock Prints, no. 116.
$900
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Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900)- A Half-Length Portrait of a Beauty. From the series Adesugata kesho jiman (Pride of Beauties Applying Cosmetics).
1866. Oban. Fine impression, colour and condition. Unusually, an extra block for the face is printed in gofun.
$700
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- Prince Genji Admiring Beautiful Women. Edo Murasaki Sugata no utsusemi (Figures in Edo Purple, the Utsusemi Chapter).
Circa 1850. Oban triptych. Fine impression, colour and condition.
$1,280
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Toyohara Chikanobu (1838-1912)- A Fashionable Meiji Beauty. From the series Shin bijin (True Beauties).
1897. Fine, early impression. Fine colour and condition.
$500
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Toyohara Chikanobu (1838-1912)- A Woman Holding a Fan. From the series Shin bijin (True Beauties)
1897. Oban. Fine, early impression with blind printing in the fan. Fine colour and condition.
$500
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Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)- A Woman Cleaning Her Teeth. Ishibe. From the series Tokaido gojusan tsui (Fifty-three Parallels for the Tokaido Road)
Circa 1845-6. Oban. Robinson S44-53. Fine impression and colour. Narrow bottom margin, otherwise fine condition.
$850
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Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)- Terute-hime Pulling the Cart on Which Her Crippled Husband Rode. From the series Kenjo reppuden (Stories of Wise Women and Faithful Wives)
Early 1840. Oban. Robinson S20-22. Fine impression, colour and condition.
$1200
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- A Beauty Putting Out a Floor Lamp. From the series Tsuki no kage shinobiau yo (Secret Meetings by Moonlight).
Circa 1836-8. Oban. 38.9 x 26.1cm. Kunisada's World 73/1 (this impression). Fine impression, colour and condition.
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Keisai Eisen (1790-1848)- A Young Woman Seated with a View of Fuji in the Distance. Mitsuke. Number 29. From the series commonly known as Bijin Tokaido (Beauties on Stations of the Tokaido Road)
Circa 1842. Oban. 38 x 25.8cm. Fine impression, colour and condition.
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- Spring (Haru). From the series Yasa sugata asuma no utsushi-e (Copied Pictures of Graceful Eastern Figures)
1849-1851. Oban triptych. Marks, Genji World in Japanese Woodblock Prints, no. 10, page 77. Fine impression, colour and condition.
$1,200
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- A Woman Preparing to Sharpen a Blade. Yondan-me (Act Four). From the series E-kyodai Chushingura (Brother Pictures From Chushingura).
Ca. 1830s. Oban 39.3 x 26.4 cm. Fine impression, colour and condition.
$1,680.
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- A Beauty Tying the Sash of Her Kimono. From the series Ryuko rokkasen (A Fashionable Selection of Six Flowers)
Ca. 1840. Oban. Fine impression and colour. Printer crease. Very good condition.
$1,280
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Kawanabe Kyosai (1831-1889)- Three Beauties at Hirakawa Ryotei. Edo meisho: Tsukiji Namiyoke (Views of Edo: Night View of Namiyoke Inari Shrine in Tsukiji).
1864. Oban triptych. Very good impression, colour and condition.
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)- Akasaka. From the series Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi (The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road).
Ca. 1838-42. Chuban. Fine impression, colour and condition.
$500.
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Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900)- Evening View of Beauties at Nihonbashi (Nihonbashi bijin no yukei).
1863. Oban triptych. 37.8 x 77.9 cm. Kunichika yakusha kagami (Riccar Art Museum, 1981), no. 24. Fine impression, colour and condition. This triptych shows three types of women; a geisha, a city girl, and a married woman.
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