YOSHIIKU UTAGAWA 歌川芳幾(1833–1904)

Series: Nazorae Kyu Sei Ichikawa Kei Fu Seal: Yoshiiku Publisher: Akiyama Buemon Date: 1894 Condition: excellent impression, vibrant colors, vertical and horizontal folds, some soiling, slight paper backing Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Format Chuban (29,3 x 19,5 cm)

Signature: Yoshiiku hitsu Censor’s seal and seal of date: combined, aratame, 1867 (Keio 3), 7th month Condition: very good impression, vibrant colors, restored vertical centerfold Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Oban (34,8 x 24,5 cm)

Series: Makoto no tsukihana no sugata-e (Portraits as True Likenesses in the Moonlight) Signature: Ikkeisai Yoshiiku sha Date: 1867 Condition: excellent impression, vibrant colors, album backing Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Oban (35,3 x 23 cm)

Other artist: Miyagi Gengyo (1817–1880) Series: Modern Parodies of Genji (Imayô nazorae Genji) Signature: Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga, Artist's seal: kiri Publisher: Ômiya Kyûjirô (Kiyûdô) Censor’s seal and seal of date: Rat 7 aratame, 1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 7th month Condition: excellent impression, beautiful colors, very thin backing, few restored binding and wormholes Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Oban (35,5 x 24,3)

Series: Tokyo Nichinichi Shimbun Newspaper, No. 877 Signature: Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga, with Seal Yoshiiku Publisher: Gusoku-ya Date: Meiji 7 (1874) Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Oban (34,7 x 24 cm

Signature: Keisai Yoshiiku giga (on each sheet) Publisher: Hirookaya Kôsuke Cencor’s Seal and Seal of Date: aratame Ox 7, (1865) Condition: vibrant colors, very good impression, restored thinned areas in the upper corners, small print mark close to left margin Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Ôban Triptych

A young mother with a Dog watches her Son play Sugoroku Series: Imayô nazorae Genji (Modern Parodies of Genji) Signatur: Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga Publisher's Seal: Chikahisa Censor's Seal and Seal of Date: Aratame, Boar 10 (1863) Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Ôban (37,3 x 25,3 cm)

Signature: Chokaro Yoshiiku ga Publisher: Hiroko (Hirokaya Kosuke) Date: 1867 Condition: very good impression and colors, very slight rubbing and soiling in the corners Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Chuban (24,6 x 18 cm)

Series: Tokyo Nichinichi Shimbun Newspaper, No. 1045 Signature: Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga, with Seal Yoshiiku Publisher: Gusoku-ya Date: Meiji 7 (1874) Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Oban (35 x 23 cm)

Signature: Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga Publisher Seal: Ômiya Kyûjirô (Kiyûdô) Date: around 1860 Condition: excellent impression, vibrant colors, loer left corner restored, small restored wormhole, faint centerfold (hardly visible) Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Oban (37,5x24,7cm)

The Courtesan (Koguruma of the Naka-Manji-rô in Kado-chô) of the New Yoshiwara Parading under Cherry Trees at Night (Center part of a triptych) Signature: Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga Publisher: Kagaya Kichiemon (Kichibei) Censor’s seal and seal of Date: aratame, Monkey 9, Ansei 7/Man'en 1 (1860, 9th month) Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Oban (35 x 24,2 c)

Series: Tôkyô Ryôri Jûhachi sakana (18 Restaurants in Tokyo) Signature: Ikkeisai Yoshiiku hitsu Publisher: Kiya Sôjirô Censor's Seal and Seal of Date: Aratame, Goat (1871) Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Ôban (36,7 x 24,3 cm)

Series: Tôkyô Ryôri Jûhachi sakana (18 Restaurants in Tokyo) Signature: Ikkeisai Yoshiiku hitsu Publisher: Kiya Sôjirô Censor's Seal and Seal of Date: Aratame, Goat (1871) Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Ôban (36,3 x 23,9 cm)

Poet and General Minamoto no Sanmi Yorimasa (1106-1180) Series: Imayô nazorae Genji (Modern Parodies of Genji) Signatur: Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga Publisher's Seal: Chikahisa Censor's Seal and Seal of Date: Aratame, Boar 10 (1863) Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Ôban (37,2 x 25,1 cm)

Series: Imayô nazorae Genji (Modern Parodies of the Tale of Genji) Signature: Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga Publisher: Kyûjirô (Kiyûdô) Censor's Seal and Seal of Date: combined date-aratame seal: Bunkyu 4/Genji 1, 1864 Condition: Good condition, some color spots in the right margin Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Ôban (35,1 x 23,7 cm)

Series: Hyakumonogatari (One Hundred Tales) Signature: Maruyama Mondo Date: 1890 The splendidly creepy ghost of a woman appears, purple lips curling back from her gums and eyes half-slitted. She is dressed as the dead are, in a white shroud and with a bag (zudabukuro) hung around her neck. As this is a respectful copy of a painting done by the incomparable Maruyama Ôkyo, on the lower left is the signature Maruyama Mondo, one of Ôkyo's pseudonyms. Condition: Excellent impression, color and condition Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Chuban (25 x 18,7 cm)

Series: Tokyo Nichinichi Shimbun Newspaper, No. 751 Signature: Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga Publisher: Gusoku-ya Date: Meiji 7 (1874) Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Ôban

at the Pleasure District at Shin-Yoshiwara in Edo Signature: Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga Hori (Woodcutter): Koma Date: about 1855 Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Ôban

Series: Shunshoku sanjûroku kaiseki (Colors of Spring at Thirty-six Restaurants) Signature: Chôkarô Yoshiiku ga Publisher: Ômiya Kyûjirô (Kiyûdô) Censor's Seal and Seal of Date: aratame, snake 3 (1869, Meiji 2) Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Oban