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Notes (1st edition)
Publisher (this edition): Tsunashima Kamekichi Tsunashima Kamekichi
Date of this item: 1886 1886
Notes (this edition)
These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.: 		Chikanobu Toyohara, 1838-1912

Publisher Tsunashima Kamekichi
Signature Yoshu Chikanobu hitsu
Seal toshidama
Date dated 1886
Description "Azuma Nishiki Chuya Kurabe" (Edo Embroidery Pictures, Comparison of the Day and the Night) The famous poetess, Ono-no-komachi, is reading her poem to the sky and asking for the rain to drop.
Format Oban tate-e
Width 9.4 inches = 24.0 cm
Height 13.9 inches = 35.3 cm
Impression good ... blind printing
Colors good ... mica
Condition very good ... album backing (Meiji)
Rating 2 = very good
Ono-no Komachi

Artist: Chikanobu
Format: Oban tate-e: 14" x 9.5"

Subject: The famous poet Ono-no Komachi reading poetry before a shrine. From the series 'A Collection of Night Tales'.

Publisher: Kobayashi Tatsujiro

Date: 1886

Condition: Fine colors. Japanese album backing paper. A little trimmed. Minor marks, soils and flaws. A little rubbed at base. Generally moderately good state of preservation.

Impression: Fine early impression with gauffrage.
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