Original woodblock print triptych - Paper - Utagawa Kunihisa II (1832-1891), Utagawa Kunisada II (1823-1880) - Courtesans Koina of the Inamotoya, Tsuyasumi of the Kukimanji & Nakagawa of the Nakamanji - Japan - 1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1)

Original woodblock print triptych - Paper - Utagawa Kunihisa II (1832-1891) , Utagawa Kunisada II (1823-1880) - Courtesans Koina of the Inamotoya 稲本屋小稲, Tsuyasumi of the Kukimanji 久喜万字艶寿美 & Nakagawa of the Nakamanji 中万字内中川 - Japan - 1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1) \r
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The signature says “ kunisada e 国貞画” . \r
The signature says “ kunihisa hitsu 国久画” . \r
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Good condition, backed. \r
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A disciple of Kunisada Utagawa. His surname is Nakazato and later Iwatake. His childhood name is Masakichi, and later Seitaro. He used art sign Baido(梅堂) during the national affairs, Ichijusai(一寿斎) , Umechoro(梅蝶楼) , and Horaisha(宝来舎) during the second Kokusada era, and Kochoro, Ichiyosai(一陽斎) , and Horaisha(宝来舎) after the Ⅳ Toyokuni. \r
In the 7th year of Tenpo (1836) , he entered Kunisada (III Toyokuni) , and in 1850, he became the son-in-law of the 3rd generation Toyokuni’s eldest daughter, Suzu, and succeeded the name of “national affairs” and became the 2nd generation Utagawa Kunimasa. I called it. He is in the 5th year of Kaei, and he has signed a seal as “Kunimasa change Kunisada II”. Since then, he has succeeded the writing of Master Kunisada in the illustrations for feature-length gōkan. The third generation Toyokuni died in the first year of the Genji era (1864) , and then from the 3rd year of the Meiji era to the 4th year of the Meiji era (1870-1871) , he called himself the “third generation Toyokuni” (actually the fourth generation) .