A LEPORELLO WITH 144 COLOUR WOODBLOCK PRINTS BY VARIOUS ARTISTS AND A TRIPTYCH BY UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786-1864)

Estimated Value:

2.800 € - 3.500 €

Result:

7.122 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

Japan, 19th c.
ca. 36 x 24 cm
Presumably there were originally two leporellos with colour woodblock prints by various artists, all in ôban format. 1) Hokuei (act. early 19. Jh.), Hokushu (act. around 1808-1832), and others. Single sheets, diptychs, triptychs and sheets from a multiple sheet, all depicting actors, all signed and with publisher's seal, many with censorship and date seal. Back cover labeled among others "39 sheets" and in Latin script: "Hokuyei" 2) Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900)
Single prints from various series, including Zen-aku sanjûni kagami, 1867; Seito awase sanjûroku ku, 1867; Mitate sanjûrokka sen, all depictions of actors, all signed Kunichika hitsu, publisher's and censor's seal. Verso inscribed "58 Blatt''. 3) Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (1786-1864): Woodblock prints, triptych, ôban tate-e.
Title: ''Azuma Genji chûka no zu ''(Eastern Genji in mid-summer). Signature: Toyokuni ga in toshidama. Publisher's seal: Sen'ichi han (Izumiya Ichibei).Censor's seal for the Year of the Monkey: 1860, 8th month.
From a German private collection, acquired prior to 1990 - Traces and partly damages due to age, some trimmed and stained

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