Utagawa Sadahide
Unknown artist
Utagawa Sadahide (1807- around 1878) and an unknown artist of the 19th century
a) Oban triptych. Title: Gorakoku jinbutsu gyo.. no zu. Long train of foreigners identified by flags and tags. Signed: Gountei Sadahide ga. Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tobei. Censor and date: aratame, 3/1861. b) Two oban from a series of moralistic tales of hardships on the road to success. James Watt invents the steam engine; Moreau invents porcelain. Unsigned. (3) Good impressions, still good colours, a) alightly rubbed on the upper and lower margins and slightly creased, b) rubbed, soiled, creased, thin and with some damages.