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Wednesday, 20 April 2005

Title: Triptych of the Ryogoku Fireworks
Artist: Chikanobu Toyohara
Date of print: c1890's
Condition: B,C,2A,3A,7A


Saturday, 28 May 2005

Title Summer Fireworks
Artist Chikanobu Toyohara 1838-1912
Signature Yoshu Chikanobu
Dated 1894
Publisher Tsunashima Kamekichi
Technique/Medium Woodblock print
Impression excellent - very good … blind printing, strong woodgrains visible on the sky
Colors excellent - very good … burnishing
Condition very good … album backing paper residues along the side edges, slight wrinkles. Right Sheet: a light brown speck on the upper left.
Description Summer fireworks light up the dark sky. People are watching the show from the pleasure boats on the river. The large luxury boat, named "Meiji-maru", is decorated with red lanterns and carpets.
Format 3 Oban tate-e
Width 27.8 inches = 70.5 cm
Height 14.2 inches = 36.0 cm
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