![[JAPANESE PRINTS] – CHIKANOBU, Toyohara (1838-1912). (Battle scene with samurai Sasaki Takatsuna).](https://gcp-la8-storage-cdn.lot-art.com/public/upl/41/JAPANESE-PRINTS-CHIKANOBU-Toyohara-1838-1912-Battle-scene-with-samurai-Sasaki-Takatsuna_6414b9bc0ed8a-full-82157700_1679079868.jpg "[JAPANESE PRINTS] – CHIKANOBU, Toyohara (1838-1912). (Battle scene with samurai Sasaki Takatsuna).")
[JAPANESE PRINTS] – CHIKANOBU, Toyohara (1838-1912). (Battle scene with samurai Sasaki Takatsuna).
Description
Three col. woodcuts (forming a triptych). Signed “Yoshu Chikanobu” in the block. Publ. by Fukuda Hatsujirô (ca. 1895). Ca. 34 x 71 cm. (image). Behind passepartout & framed (behind glass).
Footnote
¶ Very rare late 19th-cent. triptych by the Japanese artist Toyohara Chikanobu (also known as Yôshû Chikanobu, 1838-1912) depicting a historical battle scene with the Japanese warrior Sasaki Takatsuna (1160-1214) possibly during the Genpei War (an armed conflict between the Minamoto and Taira clans in the period 1180-1185). – A few imperfections (2 vertical folds in the image, occ. sl. discol., occ. sl. creased in outer parts), but nevertheless in good condition (not examined out of frame).
Sale price
Reserve
Time, Location
Auction House
Description
Three col. woodcuts (forming a triptych). Signed “Yoshu Chikanobu” in the block. Publ. by Fukuda Hatsujirô (ca. 1895). Ca. 34 x 71 cm. (image). Behind passepartout & framed (behind glass).
Footnote
¶ Very rare late 19th-cent. triptych by the Japanese artist Toyohara Chikanobu (also known as Yôshû Chikanobu, 1838-1912) depicting a historical battle scene with the Japanese warrior Sasaki Takatsuna (1160-1214) possibly during the Genpei War (an armed conflict between the Minamoto and Taira clans in the period 1180-1185). – A few imperfections (2 vertical folds in the image, occ. sl. discol., occ. sl. creased in outer parts), but nevertheless in good condition (not examined out of frame).
