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Notes (1st edition)
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Date of this item: 1891 1891
Notes (this edition)
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Sunday, 18 January 2009


Title Early Spring
Artist Chikanobu Toyohara 1838-1912
Signature "Yoshu Chikanobu".
Dated 1891.
Publisher Maki Bunjiro.
Medium/Technique Woodblock print.
Impression Very good.
Colors Excellent - very good.
Condition Very good … Slightly toned and soiled. Slight foxing spots.
Description Girls are enjoying "hagoita" games and music in the early spring.
Format 3 Oban tate-e
Width Item 29.1 inches = 74.0 cm
Height Item 14.8 inches = 37.5 cm
Chikanobu Toyohara 1838 - 1912
Liesure activities of Ladies
A group of eight Bijin, four playing battledore and shuttlecock, another holding a ball, in a garden under plum blossom,three others making music on a veranda, all dressed in ornate kimonos .
A genuine Meiji period woodblock print
Format : Oban triptych tate-e - Size : 14.3in x 28 in.
Dated : circa 1900
Signed : yoshu Chikanobu with red seal
Impression : Good - Colour : Good
Condition : Fair , much light creasing giving crumpled surface appearance, small faults on edges, minor marks and flaws.
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