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Hi,

Out of curiosity, what it written here ? I see some numbers, is it a date ?

Thank you!

文政十四年七月九日　-　14th Year of Bunsei (1832)
9th of July.
(Actually 1832 was the 1st year of Tenpō）
於　自画三枚　-　Self-portrait 3 pieces

With regards,
I.Nagy

Could it be Bunsei 14, 7 month, day 9, on the right side ? Is it a name on the left side ?

Thanks again in advance.

You are right, there are 3 lines, but the 3rd line
is just the repetition of the 2nd, except of the number in front of "piece" - It is not signatgure

文政十二年卯七月九日　Bunsei 12 , 7 month, day 9
Middle,
(The 卯　"u" denotes the corresponding old calendar
name of the said month)
於　自画三枚　Self portrait 3 piece
Right side,
自画　枚　Self portrait piece

With regards,
I.Nagy

Seemigly I have overlooked the two small feet like short strokes under the　character 自 which make the character entirely different. It is 貞　"sada".
Furthermore, the first character is not 於 "o"= at、but a sloppy 信　"nobu". Together: 信貞　Ｎｏｂｕｓａｄａ

Yanagawa Ｎｏｂｕｓａｄａ (Year of birth and death unknown)
Ukiyoe-painter from Osaka, active in Bunasei and Tenpo eras ( 1820-30`s)
Sorry for the misreading.

With best regards,
I.Nagy

Thank you for the update and all the translations. Again, this is highly appreciated. I spent a lot of time trying to learn and decipher the symbols, it is very interesting indeed, and it helps a bunch once I finally receive the answer.

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