Lot 172 Dα

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)

a) Ôban diptych. Scene from Yotsuya Kaidan. The ghost of Ôiwa cradling a stone Jizô statue. Signed: Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga. Publisher: Kawaguchiya Shôzô. Censor: kiwame. 1836. Rare. b) Ôban, part of triptych. Young woman and female ghost. Signed: Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga. Publisher: Waka-U. Censor: Hama, Kinugasa. 1847-1848. c) Ôban, part of diptych. Page lifted from the water by a ghost. Signed: Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga. Publisher: Kagaya Kichibei. Censor: kiwame. (3) Good impressions, colours a bit faded, margin rubbed, creased and soiled, backed and retouched worm damage, thin areas, small backed missing areas, margins trimmed, c) soiled, repairs