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Various artists of the Meiji era

36 x 24 cm. Double sided album with 100 pages, cont-
aining a treasure trove of ôban triptychs, single ôban and
uncut chûban from various series by famous Meiji era
print artists. Eight triptychs showing novel architecture,
trains and racetrack next to traditional popular sites in
Tokyo, by a.o. Toyohara Chikanobu, Inoue Yasuji (Tankei),
Utagawa Kunitoshi and Utagawa Kuniteru; 34 uncut
chûban from Kokon Tôkyô meisho by Utagawa Hiroshige
III (1883-1884); four uncut chûban from a kachô series;
seven ôban from Sômoku kachô zue by Gyôzan (1878);
12 ôban with views of Tokyo by Kobayashi Kiyochika;
20 ôban from Tôkai meishô kaisei dôchûkii by Utagawa
Hiroshige III (1875); seven ôban from Musashi hyakkei
no uchi by Kobayashi Kiyochika (1884); nine ôban from
Tôkyô meisho nenjû gyôji by Utagawa Hiroshige III; two
more ôban. Very good impressions.
(part lot) 253
Provenienz
Private collection, Essen, Germany

254 € 3.000 – 5.000
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)
Ôban triptych. Title: Kyôga tenjô jinkai jigoku zu. Humurous image
of men waging war on Earth, and of the things that happen in He-
aven and Hell at the same time. Signed: Yoshitoshi. Publisher seal:
Kiku (unidentified). Censor/date: aratame, 8/1868. Rare.
Very good impression.
Provenienz
Private collection, Bavaria

€ 1.500 – 2.000

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