UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)

Description:

Japan, late Edo period
36 - 38 cm x 24 - 26 cm
1) & 2) Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Two Oban tate-e-. Series: ''Tsûzoku Suikoden gôketsu hyaku-hachi-nin no hitori'' (The 108 Heroes of the popular Suikoden). Boyasha Sonjirô / Ryuchitaisai. Publisher: Kaga-ya Kichiemon. Date: 1827-1830. 3) Oban tate-e. Courtesan Agemaki. Signature: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga. Publisher: Minato-ya Kohe. Date: c.1850. 4) & 5) Two oban tate-e from a triptych. Series '' Sensui fune johatsu'' (The First Time on a Boat in a Miniature Lake). Publisher: Jōshūya Jūzō. Date: c. 1847/52.
Some prints with traces of age, slightly stained, some slightly trimmed, one with stitching holes at the border, mounted in passepartout