Shugyodo Umekuni (active circa 1816-1830) Utagawa Kunisada (1786–1864) | Two woodblock prints | Edo period, 19th century

Shugyodo Umekuni (active circa 1816-1830)

Utagawa Kunisada (1786–1864)

Two woodblock prints

Edo period, 19^th century

each a woodblock print, and comprising:

- Clam Gathering at the Sumiyoshi Inlet (Sumiyoshi ura no hamaguri-dori), from the series Modern Beauties and Scenes of the East (Tosei bijo Azuma fukei), signed Shikitei Umekuni, published by Tenmaya Kihei (Kinkado), circa 1826-38

- Memorial Portrait of the actor Bando Mitsugoro III, shini-e, right sheet of a diptych, signed Kochoro Kunisada ga (Pictured by Kochoro Kunisada), censor's seal kiwame (approved), published by Omiya Heihachi, 12^th month 1831

Each vertical oban:

The first: 52 x 40.2 cm., 20½ x 15⅞ in. (including the frame); 36.6 x 24.5 cm., 14½ x 9⅝in. (the print within the frame)

The second: 52 x 40.2 cm., 20½ x 15⅞ in. (including the frame); 35 x 23.9 cm., 13¾ x 9⅜ in. (the print within the frame)