Utagawa Toyokuni II (Japanese, 1777-1835) Five Works, from the series Eight Views of Famous Places (Meisho hakkei) (second edition) (five works), circa 1833-1834 Woodblock prints 10-3/8 x 15-3/8 inches (26.4 x 39.1 cm) (largest sheet; ōban) Each signed: Toyokuni hitsu; with the artist's red ink seal Four with the censor seal: Kiwame Published by Iseya Rihei (Kinjudō); with the publisher's seal PROVENANCE: Descending Geese at Miho: Butterfields & Butterfields, San Francisco, May, 22, 1996, lot 4705. Titles include: Evening Bell at Kamakura: Mountains of Awa Province Seen from Tsurugaoka (Kamakura banshō, Tsurugaoka yori Bōshū yama no zu); Twilight Snow on Mount Fuji: Complete View of the Back Shrine and the Middle Shrine at Shimo Sengen (Fuji bosetsu, Shimo Sengen atomiya nakamiya zenzu); Descending Geese at Miho: Kiyomizu Temple of Suruga Province, with a Distant View of Yoshiwara (Miho rakugan, Sunshū Kiyomizudera Yoshiwara miru enkei); Clearing Weather at Enoshima: Koyurugi Strand and Morokoshigahara (Enoshima seiran, Koyurugi no iso, Morokoshigahara); Returning Sails at Kanazawa: View of Nojima from Seto Bridge (Kanazawa kihan, Setobashi yori Nojima no zu). Property from the Nelkin Collection HID12401132022 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved