A Japanese album with woodblock prints by; Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III, 1797-1865), Utagawa Toshiiku (1833-1904), and Kawanabe Kyosai (1831-1889). Commodity Code 490199 Book/Album NO duty EORI Tx no GB2341563.

Comprising 133 woodblock prints (including title pages, and 3 triptychs), as follows;

Tsukioka Yoshitioshi (1839-1892);
From: "One Hundred Ghost Stories of China and Japan" (Wakan hyaku monogatari). Published by Daikon, 1865 (24 + title page).
From: "Tales of the Floating World on Eastern Brocade" (Azuma no nishiki ukiyo kodan). Various publishers 1867-68 (48 + title page + introduction).
From: "Portraits of True Loyalty and Chivalrous Spirit" (Seichu gishinden). Published 1868 (3)
From: "Eight Views from Fine Tales of Warriors". Published 1867-68 (2 triptychs).

Tsukioka Yoshitioshi (1839-1892) and Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833-1904);
"Twenty-Eight Famous Murders with Verse" (Eimei nijuhasshuku), the complete set comprising 28 woodblock prints (+ title page), published 1866-67.

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III, 1786-1865);
"Floral Hats for a High-spirited Festival in Edo (Edo ikioi matsuri no hanagasa): Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III, Ichikawa Ichizo III, Bando Hikosaburo V/ Ichimura Kakitsu IV, Ichikawa Kodanji IV, Kawarazaki Gonjuro I/ Sawamura Tossho II, Nakamura Shikan IV, Iwai Kumesaburo III. Triptych published by Hiranoya Shinzo (Aikindo), 1863.

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III, 1786-1865);
"Actor Mimasu IX" (Kawarazaki Gonjuro I, later Ichikawa Danjuro IX) as Aoto Goro Terutsuna in his first shibaraku.
Published by Gusokuya Kahei, 1864.

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III, 1786-1865);
From: "Flowers of Edo and Views of Famous Places" (Edo no hana meisho-e), also works byTorii Kiyokuni; Utagawa Yoshitora (active c. 1836–1887); Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV, 1823–1880); Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu, 1826–1869), among others. Published by Katoya Iwazo (Seibei) 1863. (7)
The term “Flowers of Edo” (Edo no hana) can refer, among other things, to fires. The title panel for each print in this series shows the lanterns and identifying standard (matoi) for one of the brigades of firefighters (hikeshi) assigned to various districts. On the west side of the Sumida River were 48 brigades named for the symbols of the kana syllabary and grouped into 8 numbered groups (1 to 10, minus the bad-luck numbers 4 and 7). On the east side of the river, brigades were numbered and assigned to directional groups. Outlying districts were covered by special brigades, here designated “extra” (bangai). Each title gives the name or number of a brigade, its group, and its district, followed by the kabuki scene chosen to match it.

Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833-1904);
From: "Modern Imitations of Genji" (Imayo nazorae Genji). Published by Omiya Kyujiro (Kiyudo), 1866 (15, dated 1864).

Kawanabe Kyosai (1831-1889).
"Hotei Carrying Chinese Children across Stream in his Bag", c. 1870.

One title page by an unidentified artist.

Vertical Oban 36 x 24 cm.
The fold-out album with prints on two sides

PROVENANCE:
From a Swedish private collection.

LITERATURE:
Keyes 134,183, 200, 202, 221.

Wear, creases, minor damages and spots. Overall in fairly good condition. The prints glued on paper 'back to back'.
Cover of album worn, and with small damages. Please contact elisabet.fellbom@auktionsverket.se for more information.