KITAGAWA UTAMARO I (C.1754–1806) EDO PERIOD, C.1801-2 Two Japanese woodblock prints from the series Ch ū shingura (The Treasury of the Loyal Retainers), the first entitled 'Act IX (Kudanme)', some details embossed, 37.9cm x 24.6cm; the second print depicting Act II, with Oboshi Rikiya meeting his sweetheart Konami, 37.5cm x 18cm; both signed Utamaro hitsu, published by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō), and with censor's seal kiwame; both prints with the seal of the Hayashi Collection, and each with a label originally on the back of the frames with the name and dates of the artist and another label for 'Cadres et Dorure Gabriel van Thienen, 28 Rue de l'Enclume, Bruxelles'. (2) Provenance: from the collection of Adolphe Stoclet (1871-1949), and previously in the collection of Hayashi Tadamasa (1854-1906). See the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, access. no.21.6443 for another example of the first print. Also, s ee Sotheby's London, Important Japanese Prints, Books and Paintings from the Adolphe Stoclet Collection, 8th June 2004, lots 210, 211, 212, and 213, for more prints from the same series from the Stoclet Collection.