Paul Jacoulet (1902-1960), Utagawa Hirokage (active 1855-1865), Utagawa Kunisada III (Kunimasa IV, Toyokuni V, 1848-1920) and Utagawa Kunifuku (active about 1854-1864)Edo period (1615-1868) to Showa (1926-1989) era, 1859-1938
Comprising a vertical woodblock print and three oban tate-e prints; the first entitled Apres La Pluie. Tarang, Yap, circa 1938, printed by Honda Tetsunosuke, signed in pencil Paul Jacoulet, tea-jar seal, with edition number 139/150 (in kanji) on verso; the second entitled Onkura mae no yuki (No. 22 Snow in Front of the Official Storehouses), from the series Edo meisho doke zukushi (Comical views of Famous Places in Edo), 1859, published by Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshodo), signed Hiroshige ga; the third entitled Asakusa Meganebashi (Two-arched Bridge in Asakusa), from the series Tokyo kaika meikei kurabe (Famous Places in Modern Tokyo), 1874, published by Tsujiokaya Bunsuke, censor's seal inu ku, signed Baido Kunimasa hitsu; the last entitled Ishiyakushi sono ni (Ishiyakushi, No. 2), from the series Tokaido meisho fukei (Scenes of Famous Places along the Tokaido Road), 1863, published by Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei), censor's seal i shi aratame, signed Kunifuku ga (4)
18 1/4 x 14 3/8in (46.4 x 36.3cm)
14 5/16 x 9 5/16in (36.5 x 23.8cm)
14 1/4 x 9 3/4in (36 x 24.8cm)
14 1/8 x 9 3/8in (35.8 x 24cm)