UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861) KITAGAWA UTAMARO I (ACT. 1754-1806), AND OTHERS EDO AND MEIJI, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY Eleven Japanese woodblock prints depicting beauties, the first entitled Hoki Noshi (Dried Abalone Strips from Hoki Province), from the series Sankai Medetai Zue (Auspicious Desires on Land and Sea), signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga and Tori-jo ga, 36.5cm x 25.5cm; the second entitled Nue taiji (Parody of the killing of the Nue), from the series E-kyodai (Picture Siblings), signed Utamaro hitsu, vertical oban, 37.3cm x 26.3cm; together with nine other woodblock prints including works by Kikugawa Eizan (1787-1867), Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), and others. (11) Provenance: from the collection of French sculptor Gaston de Luppé (1872-1939), and thence by descent.