The Sokolov Collection
Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864) | Three woodblock prints | Edo period, 19th century
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March 23, 02:32 PM GMT
Estimate
600 - 800 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Sokolov Collection
Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)
Three woodblock prints
Edo period, 19th century
each a woodblock print, and comprisng:
- The Chivalrous Chidorigake no Marinosuke (Otokodate Chidorigake no Marinosuke), from the series Harbingers of Spring; Portraits of Eight Famous People (Umegoyomi mitate hasshojin otokodate), signed konomi ni makasete Toyokuni ga (Pictured by Toyokuni, to my own taste), 1859
- Sukeroku, from the series A Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times (Kodai imayo kagami), signed Toyokuni ga (Pictured by Toyokuni) within toshidama cartouche, and Kunimaru ga (Pictured by Kunimaru), published by Ogawa Hansuke, 8th month 1860
- The actor Nakamura Shikan IV in the role of Danshichi Kurobei, from the series Mirrors for Collage Pictures in the Modern Style (Imayo oshi-e kagami), signed Toyokuni ga, published by Fujiokaya Keijiro (Shorindo) in 1859
37 x 25.2 cm., 14½ x 9⅞ in. (the first)
38.5 x 25 cm., 15⅛ x 14⅞ in. (the second)
39 x 26 cm., 15¾ x 10¼ in. (the third)
For an example of another print from the series of the first print, see Chris Ulenbeck and Merel Molenaar, Mount Fuji Sacred Mountain of Japan, (Leiden, 2000), no. 144.
For a similar impression of the second print in the collection of the British Museum, museum number 2018,3021.194, go to:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_2018-3021-194
For an a further example of the third print in the collection of the British Museum, museum number 2003,0307,0.1, go to:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_2003-0307-0-1
