JAPANESE AND KOREAN ART 23 march 2022

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UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI I (1769-1825)
Five woodblock prints
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1800-1811
Each an oban tate-e print, signed Toyokuni ga, comprising: a beauty
seated before a makeup stand; a seated courtesan watching as a
man adjusts his topknot before a mirror, from an unidentified series; a
woman adjusting her hair, from the series Bijin awase (Comparison of
Beauties); an actor print entitled Onoe Kikugoro ai tsutome moshi soro
(Onoe Kikugoro Performing) from the series Henka no zu (Illustrations
of Transformations); the actors Iwai Hanshiro and Bando Mitsugoro as
a couple beneath an umbrella (5)
14 3/4 x 9 3/8in (37.5 x 23.8cm) each approximately
$1,200 - 1,800
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UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI II
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1833-1834
An oban yoko-e print entitled Kamakura bansho, Tsurugaoka yori
Boshu yama no zu (Evening Bell at Kamakura: Mountains of Awa
Province Seen from Tsurugaoka), signed Toyokuni hitsu and sealed
Utagawa, from the series Meisho hakkei (Eight Views of Famous
Places), second edition, published by Iseya Rihei
9 7/8 x 14 7/8in (25 x 37.8cm)
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$1,000 - 1,500
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UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI II (TOYOSHIGE, 1777-1835)
Three woodblock prints
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1806 and 1802
Oban tate-e prints including two from the series Shin nishikide
Inoguchi, the fist depicting a courtesan lighting a pipe from a brazier,
the second depicting a beauty carrying a child on her shoulder as he
plays with a toy, each signed Ichiryusai Toyoshige ga, published by
Nishimuraya Yohachi, the third from an unknown series depicting a
beauty holding a fan, and a landscape cartouche, signed Toyokuni ga,
published by Izumiya Ichibei (3)
14 3/8 x 9 3/4in (36.5 x 24.7cm) each approximately
$1,200 - 1,800
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