Hasegawa Mitsunobu 長谷川光信 (act. 1720s) - "Tobae fudebyōshi" 鳥羽絵筆ひやうし(Keeping Time with the Brush) - 1880

Three-part toba-e edition dedicated to resp. kabuki, musha (warriors) and matsuri (festivals) .

Title: "Tobae fudebyōshi" 鳥羽絵筆ひやうし (Keeping Time with the Brush) .

3 parts in one. Completely.

Illustrator and foreword: Hasegawa Mitsunobu 長谷川光信 (act. 1720s) .

Year of publication: c. 1880 (Meiji 13) , undated colored Meiji reprint.

Reprint of the 3-part black-and-white edition from Meiwa 9 (1772) , published by Maeda Umekichi, Osaka.

Size: 23. 5 x 16. 2 cm (hanshibon) .

42 folded leaves, with 40 woodcuts, with 38 diptychs.

Condition; cover with very light signs of use. Small stamp on the back endpaper. Furthermore, the edition is in very good condition.

The lot will be packaged with care and shipped insured with a track & trace code.

For an uncolored reprint see: https: //pulverer. si. edu/node/498/title? search_api_views_fulltext=Tobae%20fudeby%C5%8Dshi&sort_by=search_api_relevance&sort_order=ASC

'Toba-e (鳥羽絵) is a style of Japanese painting based on works from the 12th century that are attributed to Toba Sōjō. These “Toba-style” images were caricatures sometimes involving animals performing human tasks. Toba-e style images gained popularity as a commercial medium in mid-eighteenth century Edo. Though their popularity did not stay strong, Toba-e images have left a lasting impact through today, particularly in manga. ' (Wikipedia)

See also: J. Hillier, 'The Art of the Japanese Book', p. 598-607, fig. 390.