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TOYOKUNI III/Utagawa KUNISADA (1786-1865)
Tamakazura.
- Category
- Japanese | Miscellaneous
- Series
- Genji goshû yojô.
- Publisher
- Sakanaya Eikichi.
- Blockcutter
- Yokogawa Takejirô.
oban tate-e, 27.0 cm × 38.0 cm
Excellent impression and pristine colour. Red cartouche transfer stain (from another print placed on top), light fold line along the left edge. Otherwise very good condition.
The Tendril Wreath Chapter 22; the right panel from the Lasting Impressions of a Late Genji Collection. The woman wears a wears a kimono, decorated with colourful chrysanthemums. The poem associated with this chapter reads “Yes, my love lives on, just as it did long ago:yet< Otendril warmth, say what long and winding stem led you all the way to me”. Signed Toyokuni ga, with publisher’s seal.
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TOYOKUNI III/Utagawa KUNISADA (1786-1865)
Matsukaze. Wind in the Pines.
- Category
- Japanese | Miscellaneous
- Series
- Lasting Impressions of a Late Genji Collection.
- Publisher
- Wakasaya Yoichi.
- Blockcutter
- Suguwa Sennosuke.
oban tate-e, 26.0 cm × 38.0 cm
Superb impression, with extensive blind printing. Pristine colour and excellent condition.
The left sheet of the diptych from Chapter No.18 “Wind in the Pines” from the series, Genji goshû yojô. The series illustrates scenes loosely based on A Rustic Genji and A Related Rustic Village. The prints were luxuriously produced on thick paper, with fine bokashi, burnishing and blind printing, as evident in this example. Signed Toyokuni ga, with publisher and the blockcutter seals also attributed.
£190
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Toyokuni III/Utagawa KUNISADA (1786-1864)
The Picture Contest. E-awase.
- Category
- Japanese | Miscellaneous
- Series
- Lasting Impressions of a Late Genji Collection.
- Publisher
- Sakanaya Eikichi.
- Blockcutter
- Yokogawa Takejirô.
- Engraver
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oban diptych, 53.0 cm × 38.0 cm
Very good impression and colour. A repaired wormhole, and very slight toning to the right sheet, otherwise very good condition.
The Picture Contest, 'E-awase' from the series, Genji goshû yojô. The series illustrates scenes loosely based on A Rustic Genji and A Related Rustic Village. The prints were luxuriously produced on thick paper, with fine bokashi, burnishing and blind printing, as evident in this example. Signed Toyokuni ga, with publisher and the blockcutter seals also attributed. Printed II/1858.
£280
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Toyokuni III/Utagawa KUNISADA (1786-1864)
The Fireflies. Chapter No.25.
- Category
- Japanese | Beauties
- Series
- Lasting Impressions of a Late Genji Collection.
- Publisher
- Wakasaya Yoichi.
- Blockcutter
- Suguwa Sennosuke.
Oban tate-e, 26.4 cm × 38.0 cm
Superb impression and colour. A very small bleed of the red around the cartouche, otherwise very good condition. Full size sheet.
The left sheet of the diptych from Chapter No.25 “The Fireflies. Hotaru” from the series, Genji goshû yojô. The series illustrates scenes loosely based on A Rustic Genji and A Related Rustic Village. The prints were luxuriously produced on thick paper, with fine bokashi, burnishing and blind printing, as evident in this example. Signed Toyokuni ga, with publisher’s seal
£190