Property of various ownersUTAGAWA KUNISADA I (TOYOKUNI III, 1786-1864) AND YASHIMA GAKUTEI (1786?-1868)Two surimono shikishiban prints Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1825 and 1821 The first, the actor Iwai Kumesaburo II in the role of Kisegawa, holding a lantern in the rain, signed Gototei Kunisada ga; the second, the Asahi Shogun Yoshinaka (Minamoto no Yoshinaka), from the series Katsushika nijushisho (24 Generals for the Katsushika [Circle]), with two poems, signed Gakutei, sealed Sadaoka (2) Both approximately 8 3/8 x 7 1/4in (21.3 x 18.4cm)FootnotesFor another impression of the first, see Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, accession number RP-P-2017-6000. According to the museum, this print may have originally been part of a triptych. For another impression of the second, without the Sadaoka seal or series title, see Harvard Art Museums, accession number 1933.4.1642.
Property of various ownersUTAGAWA KUNISADA I (TOYOKUNI III, 1786-1864) AND YASHIMA GAKUTEI (1786?-1868)Two surimono shikishiban prints Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1825 and 1821 The first, the actor Iwai Kumesaburo II in the role of Kisegawa, holding a lantern in the rain, signed Gototei Kunisada ga; the second, the Asahi Shogun Yoshinaka (Minamoto no Yoshinaka), from the series Katsushika nijushisho (24 Generals for the Katsushika [Circle]), with two poems, signed Gakutei, sealed Sadaoka (2) Both approximately 8 3/8 x 7 1/4in (21.3 x 18.4cm)FootnotesFor another impression of the first, see Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, accession number RP-P-2017-6000. According to the museum, this print may have originally been part of a triptych. For another impression of the second, without the Sadaoka seal or series title, see Harvard Art Museums, accession number 1933.4.1642.
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