FIVE JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS

FIVE JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS, UKIYO-E

EDO AND MEIJI PERIODS

Three by Toyokuni III (1786-1865) and depicting the Kabuki characters Ikyu, Oroku the Thief and Amakawaya Igo as impersonated by actor Ichimura Kakitsu; the fourth by Kuniyasu Utagawa (1794-1832) with Sanko from the Hachiman-ya play and the last by Kuniharu Utagawa (c.1855-1883) of the Kabuki figures Tereoka Heiemon and his sister, all mounted on board, 37.5cm x 25.6cm max. (5)