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Lot 345

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Tôsei Jukkasen [Ten Flowers Currently in Full Blossom].

UTAGAWA, Kunisada I (Toyokuni III); UTAGAWA Hiroshige I

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Ebisu Shôshichi (Kinshôdô), aratame horse 3 [1858]

3 prints (out of a series of 10 prints), ôban, tate-e (vertical); artists' seal: Toyokuni-ga, Hiroshige-ga, censors seal, blockcutters mark: Yokokawa Tekejirô (Hori Take) (bright colours, precise outlines).

From a series first issued in 1854, in six sheets, under the title "Six Flowers [...]" and reissued in 1858 with four additional designs, under the title "Ten Flowers [...]". For the sheets already published, the censor’s seals remain the same in the second edition; but the series title and some of the actors’ faces are changed. 1. Botan [Peony]: Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XIII and Ichikawa Kodanji IV. (added binding fold on the left).-- 2. Keshi [Poppy]: Actor Ichikawa Ichizô III and Arashi Kangorô I.-- 3. Natsugiku [Summer Chrysantemum]: Actor Sawamura Tosshô II and Sawamura Yoshirô I. (added binding fold on the right) Ref. Cp Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Print 1: MFA No 11.42929 (publisher´s seal on different places); Print 2: MFA No. 11.42315 (same added binding fold to the left. Fine black lines on lantern, same woodgrain pattern in grey background). Print 3: MFA No. 11.42317 (same woodgrain patterns in grey background. Tip of stick in actors hand here white, not light blue).

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Tôsei Jukkasen [Ten Flowers Currently in Full Blossom].

Lot 345

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