Utagawa Kunitaka (active about 1854-1868) and Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III, 1786-1864)Edo period (1615-1868), 1832-1865
Comprising three oban tate-e print triptychs, two oban tate-e print diptychs and an oban tate-e pentaptych; the first, Actors Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Jiraiya (R) Arashi Rikan III as Takasago Yuminosuke (C), and Ichikawa Ebizo V as Yasha Goro (L), from Jiraiya goketsu monogatari, 1852, published by Yamamoto Heikichi, censor's seals Muramatsu, Fuku, ne mu, signed Toyokuni ga; On kyogen imayo Genji (Kyogen Plays of Genji in the Modern Style), published by Tsujiokaya Bunsuke, signed Ryuchoro Kunitaka ga; Actors Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Jiraiya and Iwai Kumesaburo III as Yumeno Chokichi, published by Iseya Chusuke, censor's seals Fuku, Muramatsu, ne roku; Actors Arashi Rikan III as Takasago Yiminosuke and Ichikawa Dajuro VIII as Ogata Jiraiya, published by Shimizuya Tsunejiro, censor's seals Kinugasa, Murata, ne hachi; both 1852, signed Toyokuni ga; Actors Onoe Baiko, Nakamura Fukusuke, and Sawamura Tanosuke, 1865, published by Enshuya Hikobei, censor's seal ushi shi aratame, signed Kunisada hitsu; Actors Bando Minosuke, Mimasu Gennosuke, Nakamura Shibazo, Seki Sanjuro, and Nakamura Shikan, from the series Hana ni tori sakigake Soga, 1832, published by Yamamoto Heikichi, censor's seal kiwame, each signed Gototei Kunisada ga (18)
14 1/4 x 10in (36 x 25.2cm) each approximately