Toyohara KUNICHIKA (1835-1900); Utagawa KUNISADA (1786-1864); Utagawa KUNISADA II (1823-1880)

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A concertina orihon consisting of 52 prints by the above artists. Various date seals to the early 1860s, the latest being 1865, which is presumably when the album was assembled. Includes the excellent Kunichika 5-sheet: Toto Fuji yuki no hada-ai. Fine impressions and colour. Some edge creasing and partial separation, otherwise very good condition. Untrimmed. The prints lightly adhered along the left edge only. Albums of prints were produced in great numbers and their contents vary: Some are of complete sets, while others cover a specific subject such as wrestler prints or are collections of a specific artist; but many are anything but homogeneous, even having incomplete diptychs, triptychs, etc and are not necessarily contemporaneous.

Status: Sold