Fund-raising No Performance - From 'Ladies of the Tokugawa Period' - 1896 - Toyohara Yoshu Chikanobu (1838-1912) - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)
Original woodblock print triptych – Toyohara Yoshu Chikanobu (1838-1912) -"Hiroshi Ka Go Saru Toshi Ni Tsuki yú Sujikaibashi Mikado Soto Hōshō Tayū Kanjin Nōu"弘化五申年二月 於筋違橋御門外宝生太夫勧進能(Ladies of the Tokugawa Period / Fund-raising No Performance by Hosho Tayu Outside the Gate at Sujikai Bridge in the Second Month, Koka 5) from series“Tokugawajidai kifujin no zu Himegimi hōchō” 徳川時代貴婦人の図 (Noble Ladies in the Tokugawa Era Girl) – Japan – 1896 (Meiji 28) ,
This ukiyoe 42 series
The signature says “Yoshu Chikanobu”揚州周延”.
three sheets of a pentaptych
On the right side of the ukiyo-e print, preparations are being made for a kabuki performance at the festival.
On the left side, the women of the inner palace are depicted waiting for the kabuki to begin.
Toyohara Chikanobu (豊原周延) , better known to his contemporaries as Yōshū Chikanobu (楊洲周延) , was a prolific woodblock artist of Japan’s Meiji period.
Chikanobu signed his artwork “Yōshū Chikanobu”(楊洲周延) . This was his “art name”. The artist’s “real name” 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 1879 exists signed “Yōshū Naoyoshi” (楊洲直義) .
No works have surfaced that are signed either “Toyohara Chikanobu” or “Hashimoto Chikanobu”.
“Ooku of Chiyoda” is a work by Toyohara Chikanobu.
Edo Castle (also known as Chiyoda Castle) An assortment of Ooku’s annual events and the lives of the maids. The 40 series was published by Gusokuya in Nihonbashi, Tokyo from 1897 to 1929. This series is also a representative work of chikanobu.
Publisher: Fukuda Hatsujirou 福田初次郎
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Original woodblock print triptych – Toyohara Yoshu Chikanobu (1838-1912) -"Hiroshi Ka Go Saru Toshi Ni Tsuki yú Sujikaibashi Mikado Soto Hōshō Tayū Kanjin Nōu"弘化五申年二月 於筋違橋御門外宝生太夫勧進能(Ladies of the Tokugawa Period / Fund-raising No Performance by Hosho Tayu Outside the Gate at Sujikai Bridge in the Second Month, Koka 5) from series“Tokugawajidai kifujin no zu Himegimi hōchō” 徳川時代貴婦人の図 (Noble Ladies in the Tokugawa Era Girl) – Japan – 1896 (Meiji 28) ,
This ukiyoe 42 series
The signature says “Yoshu Chikanobu”揚州周延”.
three sheets of a pentaptych
On the right side of the ukiyo-e print, preparations are being made for a kabuki performance at the festival.
On the left side, the women of the inner palace are depicted waiting for the kabuki to begin.
Toyohara Chikanobu (豊原周延) , better known to his contemporaries as Yōshū Chikanobu (楊洲周延) , was a prolific woodblock artist of Japan’s Meiji period.
Chikanobu signed his artwork “Yōshū Chikanobu”(楊洲周延) . This was his “art name”. The artist’s “real name” 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 1879 exists signed “Yōshū Naoyoshi” (楊洲直義) .
No works have surfaced that are signed either “Toyohara Chikanobu” or “Hashimoto Chikanobu”.
“Ooku of Chiyoda” is a work by Toyohara Chikanobu.
Edo Castle (also known as Chiyoda Castle) An assortment of Ooku’s annual events and the lives of the maids. The 40 series was published by Gusokuya in Nihonbashi, Tokyo from 1897 to 1929. This series is also a representative work of chikanobu.
Publisher: Fukuda Hatsujirou 福田初次郎
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