Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) | Three woodblock prints | Edo - Meiji period, 19th century

The Property of an American Gentleman

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)

Three woodblock prints

Edo - Meiji period, 19^th century

each a woodblock print, and comrprising: 

- Small bird on a trailing cherry branch, signed Hiroshige hitsu, censor's seals Hama (Hama Yahei) and Kinugasa (Kinugasa Fusajiro), published by Yamadaya Shojiro (Kinkyodo), circa 1847-48

- Poem by Gonchunagon Sadayori, from the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Hyakunin isshu no uchi), signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, published by Ehiko, circa 1840-42

- Moon of the Pleasure Quarters (Kuruwa no tsuki), from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi), signed and sealed Yoshitoshi, published by Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeido) in 1886

34.5 x 11.4 cm., 13⅝ x 4½ in. (the first) 

35 x 25 cm., 13⅞ x 9⅞ in. (the second) 

36.3 x 24.4 cm., 14⅜ x 9⅝ in. (the third)