Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III, 1786-1864)


Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1857Comprising an oban tate-e triptych, an oban tate-e diptych, and two oban tate-e prints: the triptych entitled Natsu shiranu niwa no ryofu (Forgetting Summer's Heat in the Cool Breezes of the Garden), actors Ichikawa Yonejuro II, Sawamura Tossho II (right), Kawarazaki Gonjuro I , Iwai Kumesaburo III (center), and Nakamura Fukusuke I (left), 1858, censor's seal uma shi; the diptych entitled Meiyo jinseroku, Kumokiri Ninzaemon and Tabakoya Kihachi, 1852, censor's seals Mera, Watanabe, ne shichi, Shitauri, both published by Tsutaya Kichizo (Koeido); Igano Kotaro Tomoyuki and Iga Ichibu no jo Mitsumune no rei (Ghost of Mitsumune), 1852, published by Minatoya Shobe, censor's seals Fuku, Muramatsu, ne roku; each signed Toyokuni ga; the last Hokke Chobe, 1859, published by Uoya Eikichi, censor's seal hitsuji ju aratame, signed Shimoto ni konomi Toyokuni ga (4) 13 7/8 x 28 5/8in (35.4 x 72.7cm) three sheets joint14 1/2 x 19 3/8in (36.8 x 49cm) two sheets joint14 1/2 x 10in (37 x 25.7cm)14 1/4 x 9 3/4in (36.4 x 24.7cm)