THREE PREPARATORY DRAWINGS in ink on fine paper, including, by HIROSHIGE II and KUNICHIKA, for an oban tate-e woodblock print from the Tôkaidô ichigan senryô series, depicting the poet-monk Saigyô at Yokkaichi; YOSHITSUYA, shita-e for a triptych possibly depicting Minamoto Yorimitsu attempting to arrest the sorcerer Hakamare; Kunichika, shita-e for a woodblock print; YOSHIMURA, landscape triptych. (Stains and cut-out on the first). Japan, 19th century. THREE INK-ON-PAPER SHITA-E, OBAN AND TWO TRIPTYCHS, JAPAN, 19TH CENTURY. DIM. 35.5 X 24.2 CM (14 X 9 1/2 IN.) - 35.7 x 74.4 cm (14 1/16 x 29 5/16 in.) - 36.6 x 72.1 cm (14 7/16 x 28 5/8 in.)