Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864) Kikugawa Eizan (1787-1867) Utagawa Kunimaru (1793-1829) Utagawa Kuninao (1795-1854) | A collection of fourteen woodblock prints | Edo period, 19th century

Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)

Kikugawa Eizan (1787-1867)

Utagawa Kunimaru (1793-1829)

Utagawa Kuninao (1795-1854)

A collection of fourteen woodblock prints

Edo period, 19^th century

each a woodblock print, framed and glazed, and comprising:

- The First Month (Mutsuki), from the series The Five Festivals (Gosekku no uchi), signed Kunisada aratame nidaime Toyokuni ga, censor’s seal Tanaka, published by Aritaya Seimon (Yueido) in 1844

- The courtesan Komurasaki and Gonpachi, signed Eizan hitsu (Brush of Eizan)

- Yugiri and Uzaemon, signed Eizan hitsu, circa 1813-15

- Youth with falcon, signed Eizan hitsu, depicting a young falconer

- A young man holding a shakuhachi and reed hood (tengai), signed Kikugawa Eizan hitsu (Brush of Kikugawa Eizan)

- A woman and child gazing at their reflection in a water basin, signed Kikugawa Eizan hitsu

- A beauty with an umbrella in the rain, signed Kikugawa Eizan hitsu

- A courtesan reading a letter, signed Kikugawa Eizan hitsu

- A courtesan on stairs, signed Kikugawa Eizan hitsu

- A courtesan beside a shamisen and koto, signed Kikugawa Eizan hitsu

- Woman reading a letter under a lantern, signed Kikugawa Eizan hitsu, published by Aritaya Seiemon (Yueido), circa 1843-47

- Painting (Ga): Courtesans of the Gissha-ro in Ise Furuichi, from an untitled series of the Four Accomplishments (Kinkishoga), signed Edo Utagawa Kunimaru hitsu (Brush of Utagawa Kunimaru of Edo), published by Maruya Jinpachi (Enjudo), circa 1810s – 1820s

- A courtesan holding a shamisen, signed Kuninao hitsu (Brush of Kuninao), depicting a courtesan with a shamisen, her robe decorated with plovers (chidori) motif

- A woman and child bid farewell to a young man from a balcony, unsigned

Various sizes