Three colour woodblock prints by Kunisada and Eisen

Description:

Japan, 19th century
je ca. 37 x 25,2 cm (52 x 39,5 cm R.)
Ōban-tate-e. 1)-2) Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865): The Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizō V. Signature: Gototei Kunisada ga. Censor’s seal: Kiwame. Publisher’s mark of Iseya Sanjirō: Honchō Sanchōme / Iseya Sanjirō han. / The Kabuki actor Seki Sanjūrō II as Karigane Bunshichi. Signature: Gototei Kunisada ga. Censor’s seal: Kiwame. Publisher’s mark of Yamaguchiya Tōbei. 3) Keisai Eisen (1790-1848): Geisha tuning the shamisen. From the series “Imayo bijo kurabe” (Comparison of Modern Beauties). Signature: Keisai Eisen ga. Censor’s seal: Kiwame. Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudō), signed with the publisher’s mark Sanoki.
From an old private collection in the Rhineland, collected between 1965 and 2005 - Signs of age, minimal wear, slight creases at the edges, minimal wormholes, each framed under glass