Various | Eighteen woodblock prints | Edo - Showa Period, 19th - 20th century

The Sokolov Collection

Kunichika Toyoharu (1835-1900) Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864) Kitagawa Utamaro II (d. circa 1831) 

Eighteen woodblock prints

Edo - Showa period, 19^th - 20^th century

each a woodblock print, and comprising:

- The actor Ichikawa Danjuro IX in the role of Ya no Negoro, embellished with mica, from the series One Hundred Roles of Ichikawa Danjuro IX (Ichikawa Danjuro engei hyakuban), signed Kunichika hitsu (Brush of Kunichika), and with red toshidama seal, published Fukuda Kumajiro (Gusokuya) in 1893

- Chapter 9, Aoi (Dai kyu go, aoi), from the series Modern Feelings Matched with the Fifty-Four Chapters of Genji (Genji gojuyonjo), signed Toyohara Kunichika hitsu (Brush of Toyohara Kunichika), and with red toshidama seal, published by Takegawa Seikichi (Seieido), circa 1884

- The actor Kawarazaki Gonjuro I in the role of Aoto Goro Terutsuna in the play Shibaraku, from the series Thirty-six Views of Edo, Saruwaka District (Sajurokkei no zu, Saruwaka- cho), signed Kunichika ga (Pictured by Kunichika), and with toshidama seal, published by Omiya Kyujiro (Kiyudo), 11^th month 1864

- Act X (Judanme), from the series Matched Pictures for the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Ekyodai Chushingura), signed Kochoro Kunisada ga (Pictured by Kochoro Kunisada), censor's seal kiwame (approved), published by Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudo), circa 1830s

- The actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV, signed Toyokuni ga (Pictured by Toyokuni), seal of Gengyo, published by Kagaya Kichibei (Seiseido) in 1861

- The actor Iwai Kumesaburo III in the role of the girl Yae, later Seyama, from the series Portraits from Hit Plays of Both Historical Stories and Modern Life (Jidai sewa atari sugatami), signed Toyokuni ga within toshidama cartouche, published by Uoya Eikichi, 9^th month 1858

- The actor Ichikawa Danjuro in the role of Oiran Takao, signed Gototei Kunisada ga, censor's seal kiwame, published by Yamashiroya Toemon (Rakutosha) circa 1801-17

- The actors Bando Minosuke, Onoe Kikugoro and Iwai Hanshiro in the roles of Yakko Shimbei, Yakko Okubei and Ohaji, signed Gototei Kunisada ga (Pictred by Gototei Kunisada), published by Ibaya Kyubei (Kinseido) in 1817

- The lovers Shirokiya Okoma and Obana Saizaburo, signed Utamaro hitsu, published by Moriya Jihei (Kinshindo), circa 1810

- Together with nine other woodblock prints

38 x 26.5 cm., 15 x 10½ in. (the first)

36.8 x 25 cm., 14½ x 9⅞ in. (the second)

36.1 x 25 cm., 14¼ x 9⅞ in. (the third)

38.5 x 26.3 cm., 15¼ x 10⅜ in. (the fourth)

38 x 25 cm., 15 x 9⅞ in. (the fifth)

36.5 x 25 cm., 14⅞ x 9⅞ in. (the sixth)

38.7 x 26.5 cm., 15¼ x 10½ in. (the seventh)

23.6 x 26.2 cm., 9¼ x 10¼ in. (the eighth)

35 x 23.5 cm., 13¾ x 9¼ in. (the ninth)