Yoshu Chikanobu
Meiji era (1868-1912), dated 1896 and 1897
Found at
Bonhams,
London
Tradition Travel TransitionJapanese Art across the Centuries, Lot 328
4. Nov - 4. Nov 2021
Tradition Travel TransitionJapanese Art across the Centuries, Lot 328
4. Nov - 4. Nov 2021
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Meiji era (1868-1912), dated 1896 and 1897
An album bound from a complete set of 50 oban tate-e prints of okubi-e (bust portraits) of beauties, titled Jidai kagami (Mirror of the Ages), documenting the fashions of former times (from the Kenmu to the Meiji era) in chronological order, each sheet with a beauty in sumptuous costume depicted at the lower section and a rectangular panel at the top referencing the era, some sheets with lacquer and embossed details, published by Matsuki Heikichi, variously dated Meiji 29 and 30 (1896-7), all signed Yoshu Chikanobu, together with two prints indicating the title and showing the table of contents and a single page opening illustration of three ladies; the brocade covers with a title slip. Each
An album bound from a complete set of 50 oban tate-e prints of okubi-e (bust portraits) of beauties, titled Jidai kagami (Mirror of the Ages), documenting the fashions of former times (from the Kenmu to the Meiji era) in chronological order, each sheet with a beauty in sumptuous costume depicted at the lower section and a rectangular panel at the top referencing the era, some sheets with lacquer and embossed details, published by Matsuki Heikichi, variously dated Meiji 29 and 30 (1896-7), all signed Yoshu Chikanobu, together with two prints indicating the title and showing the table of contents and a single page opening illustration of three ladies; the brocade covers with a title slip. Each
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