TOYOHARU KUNICHIKA (1838 - 1912) AND OTHER ARTIST

Description:

Japan, Meiji period
24 x 34,9 - 36 cm
Six ôban tate-e, colour woodblock prints, yakusha-e. 1) Actor Sawamura Tanosuke in a female role. Signature: Kunichika hitsu. Date: ca. 1867. 2) Part of a triptych or diptych. Two women on a terrace, the trees decorated with strips of paper on the occasion of the Tanabata Festival. Signature: Kunichika ga. 3) Dancing Kabuki actor with fan under a pine tree. Signature: Kunichika hitsu. Censor seal. Aratame. Date: c. 1861. 4) Depiction of the actor Kawahara as an emperor. Signature: Toyohara Kunichika hitsu. Publisher: Nosaya. Censor: Aratame. Date: 1871. 5) Title:'' Choku Iwafuji Nakamura Shikan ''. Actor holding a straw shoe in his right hand. Date: 1874. 6) Other artist: Part of a triptych or diptych. Dance performance.
Minor wear, one print glued on paper, some trimmed and backed, partly only few small damages at the margins and corners, mounted in passepartout