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Kunisada (1786-1864)

Portrait of the actor Nakamura Matsue III - mid 1810s
Signature: Kunisada
Publisher's seal: Kawara(?)
Censor's seal: kiwame
Size: ôban

Portrait of a sumo wrestler - 1830s
Signature: Kôchôrô Kunisada
Publisher's seal: Yamaguchiya Tôbei
Censor's seal: kiwame
Size: ôban

Series: Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi (From the fifty-three stations of the Tôkaidô)
Ôtsu - The actor Nakamura Utaemon III - 1852, 5th month
Signature: Toyokuni
Publisher's seal: Sumimasa (Sumiyoshi Masagorô?)
Censors' seals: Hama & Magomi
Date seal: Rat 5
Size: ôban

The actor Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I (later known as Ichikawa Danjûrô IX) in the role of the otokodate ("chivalrous commoner") Kaminari Shôkurô - 1855, 6th month
Signature: Toyokuni ga
Publisher's seal: Tsutaya Kichizô
Date seal: Hare 6
Censor's seal: aratame
Size: ôban


From the series "The Twelwe Hours of Springtime Leisure": The Hour of the Snake - 1856, 3rd month
Signature: Toyokuni
Publisher's seal: Yamaguchiya
Censor's seal: aratame
Date seal: Dragon 3
Size: ôban
By courtesy of Jean Grisel


Hiroshige II & Kunisada:
From the series Kannon reigen-gi (Tales of Kannon miracles) - 1858-1859
Signatures: Hiroshige nidaime (second generation) & Toyokuni
Date seal: Horse 12


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