UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI (1769-1825)

Description:

Japan, Edo period
35,5 - 38,5 cm x 25,5 - 26,3 cm
Three ôban tate-e, color woodblock prints 1) Kabuki actor Bando Mitsugoro III in the role of Banzuiin Chobei (?) with a shouldered sword under a maple tree. Signed: Toyokuni ga. Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi. Censor: Kiwame. Date: c. 1820. 2) Kabuki actor Seki Sanjuro carrying a lantern. Signed: Toyokuni ga. Publisher: Kawaguchiya Chozo. Date: c. 1820. 3) Mann mit Fächer and bijin. Signed: Toyokuni ga. Censor seal: Kiwame.
Minor wear, partly stained, one print with small worm holes, one backed and with surface loss, mounted in passepartout