Lot 252 Nα

Various artists of the Meiji era

a) 36 x 25 cm. Album with 55 ôban, comprising 11 triptychs, 5 partial triptychs and 12 single sheets. The images show the changed city scape and novel activities during the Meiji era, kabuki plays and sumo wrestlers. Artists include Utagawa Yoshitora, Yoshikazu, Kuniaki, Kuniteru, Hiroshige III, Toyohara Chikanobu, and Kunichika. b) Ca. 36 x 24 cm. Album with 39 ôban, comprising 11 triptychs, one partial triptych and four single sheets from a.o. Edo jiman. The images show kabuki plays and bijin, one triptych shows Prince Genji and awabi diver, one shows the shichifukujin. Artists include Toyohara Kunichika, Chikanobu, Utagawa Yoshitora, Kunisada II, Hiroshige II and Kunishige. Good to very good impressions, very good colours, a) traces of usage (rubbing, creasing, light stains), b) mostly good to very good conditions. (2)