Toyokuni III. 1786-1865.
Series: Actors from the 53 Stations of the Tokaido.
Date: 1852.
Size: vertical oban.
This is the artist's best series of actor bust portraits. The prints were designed to be diptychs; however most of the sheets appear singly.
The information on the large screens has been provided by Horst Graebner's excellent website on the artist's prints: Kunisada.
Click on the images for larger screens; large screens are hyperlinked.
Title Page. 13 1/8 x 3 1/4 inches. Five wormage holes. $100.
Asakasa, Sawai. Excellent color, good condition. $325.
Chiryu. Printed with gauffrage in the white part of the robe. Good color, impression and condition, apart from minor soiling, less pronounced than in the image. $350.
Fujikawa. Excellent color and condition. $4o0.
Futakawa Excellent color, impression and condition. $375.
Hodogaya. Excellent color, impression and condition. $450.
Ishibe.Excellent color, impression and condition. $450.
Ishiyakushi. Fine color. Fair condition -- two small stains in the top, small paper losses, 1 in top and 2 in bottom margins. $225.
Kanagawa. Fine color and condition. $300.
Kawasaki Fine color. Fair condition -- wormage and paper losses in the arm, 3 losses in the sky. $225.
Kusatsu. Very good color, impression and condition. $375.
Kyoto. Good color, impression and condition. Some surface soiling. $325.
Mishima. excellent color and impression. Slight soiling and creasing. $325.
Nihombashi. Fair color, poor condition: paper losses, soiling. $150.
Numazu. Excellent color and condition. $450.
Odawara Good color. and condition.$350. Another impression with uneven inking in the sky and a small tear in the lower margin, $300.
Okazaki. Good color and condition. Some printing folds in the face and arms. $300.
Sakanoshita Good color and condition. $325.
Seki. Good color and condition. Slight soiling in the neck. $375.
Shinagawa. Good color. Several small holes in top sky and margin, paper loss on lower margin, printing folds. $225.
Shono. Good color. Several small holes in top margin, paper loss on lower margin, printing folds. $275.
Totsuka. Good color. Image loss to the left of the man's shoulder, one ink stain in the sky, 1 pinhole in the arm,slight soiling. One pinhole in the arm. $275
Tsuchiyama. Good color and condition. Slight soiling. $400.
Yokkachi Good color and condition. $350.
Yoshiwara. Excellent color and condition. Embossing in the collar. $400.
Ukiyoe: Traditional - text only.
Ukiyoe: Traditional- small images.
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