JAPANESE AND KOREAN ART 23 march 2022

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YANAGAWA SHIGENOBU II (ACTIVE CIRCA 1830-1860)
Edo period (1615-1868), 1834
A surimono shikishiban print entitled Usugumo (Thin Clouds),
number four in the series Meiba soroe (Famous Horses), with
three poems, signed Nisei Yanagawa Shigenobu ga and sealed
Shigenobu
8 1/8 x 7in (20.6 x 17.8cm)
$1,000 - 1,500
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UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI I (1769-1825)
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
A surimono shikishiban print of two kabuki actors, one carrying a
sword and matchlock rifle with a pheasant tied to it, and staring
down at the other, who is leaning upon a large votive plaque of a
woman dancing, with three poems, signed Toyokuni ga
7 1/4 x 8 1/4in (18.4 x 20.9cm)
$1,500 - 2,000
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UTAGAWA KUNISADA I (TOYOKUNI III, 1786-1864)
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1827
A surimono shikishiban print of actor Onoe Kikugoro III as Nagoya
Sanza with a poem by Ryukaen Fushi no Mizugaki, signed Gototei
Kunisada ga
8 1/4 x 7 1/4in (20.9 x 18.4cm)
$3,000 - 4,000
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This surimono may have originally been part of a triptych. For an
example of all three prints together, see Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston, accession number 11.26726-8.
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