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Japanese Woodblock prints Geisha KYOTO Antique - $99 (each Irvine)
condition:
excellent
make / manufacturer:
Japanese
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Artist is Toyohara Chikanobu
"Ladies viewing Cranes on a sunny beach" Original woodblock print - oban
Chikanobu signed his artwork "Yōshū Chikanobu" (楊洲周延). This was his "art name" (作品名) sakuhinmei. The artist's "real name" (本名) honmyō was Hashimoto Naoyoshi (橋本直義); and it was published in his obituary.
Many of his earliest works were signed "studio of Yōshū Chikanobu" (楊洲齋周延) Yōshū-sai Chikanobu; a small number of his early creations were simply signed "Yōshū" (楊洲). At least one triptych from 12 Meiji (1879) exists signed "Yōshū Naoyoshi" (楊洲直義).
The portrait of the Emperor Meiji held by the British Museum is inscribed "drawn by Yōshū Chikanobu by special request" (應需楊洲周延筆) motome ni ōjite Yōshū Chikanobu hitsu.
Condition: Very fine impression and color; fine state.
A highly decorative Meiji era print.
Full size, uncut sheets.
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