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TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892) TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892)
Meiji era (1868-1912), 1889 Meiji era (1868-1912), 1883
An oban tate-e print triptych of koi swimming beneath wisteria An oban tate-e print triptych entitled Meiji jugo mizunoe-uma kishu
blossoms and branches, published by Akiyama Buemon, signed Kaiga Kyoshinkai shuppinga Fujiwara no Yasumasa gekka fue o
Yoshitoshi ga (3) moteasobu zu, oju (Fujiwara no Yasumasa Playing the Flute by
14 x 9 3/8in (35.5 x 23.8cm) each approximately Moonlight, a Painting Shown at the Exhibition for the Advancement of
Painting in autumn 1882), dated 1883, published by Akiyama Buemon,
$2,500 - 3,500 signed Taiso Yoshitoshi sha (on left sheet only) (3)
14 9/16 x 9 13/16in (37.1 x 25cm) each approximately
FOOTNOTES
See Eric van den Ing, Beauty and Violence, Japanese Prints by $4,000 - 6,000
Yoshitoshi, 1839-1892, Bergeyk, Netherlands, Society for Japanese
Arts, 1992, no. 66, p. 144 for another impression together with the
original drawing by Yoshitoshi in the collection of the British Museum.

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