Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797-1861), Woodblock Print Triptych

Edo period (1615-1868), woodblock print format, three vertical oban sheets, featuring a lively group of figures at leisure playing a game, each sheet with cartouches featuring artist name and publisher, presented under glass in divided mat within a giltwood frame.

Sheet 14 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.; frame 23 1/2 x 41 1/4 x 1 in.

Light fading to ink; central and right sheets with small areas of creasing and surface marks; right sheet with small area of possible water damage to central right edge with small hole; not examined outside of frame.