Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861), Utagawa Toyokuni III (1786-1864) and Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900)


Four oban tate-e woodblock prints: two prints by Kuniyoshi, the first depicting a woman reading a printed calendar from the series Shima zoroi onna Benkei (Women in Benkei-checked Fabrics); the second a memorial portrait of kabuki actor Iwai Hanshiro VII; the third by Toyokuni III, depicting a standing kabuki actor; the last by Kunichika depicting two kabuki actors Otani Tomoemon and Nakamura Shikan; variously published and variously signed; all framed and glazed.