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SHOKOSAI CHOEI (FL.1870S) MIZUNO TOSHIKATA (1866-1908), KOBAYASHI KIYOCHIKA
Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1870 (1847-1915), OGATA GEKKO (1859–1920), ADACHI GINKO
A triptych titled Naniwa han’ei: Higashibori tekkyo no zu (Picture of (ACTIVE 1874-1897) AND OTHERS
Thriving Osaka: Iron Bridge over the Higashi-Yokobori River), depicting Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1890s
local people and foreigners crossing the Korai Bridge over the Higashi- Two horizontal handscrolls, each mounted with over 20 oban triptychs
Yokobori River in the flourishing city of Osaka, with Osaka Castle in depicting the Sino-Japanese War by Meiji-era artists including
the distance, published by Matsuoka Takubei, censor’s seal aratame, Toshikata, Kiyochika, Gekko and Ginko: the first with 21 oban triptychs
signed Shokosai Choei ga; mounted on card. including six by Toshikata and two by Kiyochika including one titled
35.2 cm x 73cm (13 7/8in x 28¾in). Heijo kogeki denki shiyo no zu (Night Attack on Pyong-yang); the
second with 22 triptychs and five single oban prints, including six by
£1,200 - 1,800 Toshikata, two by Gekko including one titled Nisshin senso Kinshujo
JPY170,000 - 260,000 tsuigeki no zu (The Shino-Japanese War: Attack on Jinzhou Castle)
US$1,600 - 2,400 and one by Kiyochika, together with five oban sheets by Kiyochika
from the series Nihon banzai hyakusen hyakusho (One Hundred
Victories, One Hundred Laughs); all variously published and variously
signed; with a wood storage box inscribed Seishin gafu (Illustrated
Book of the Sino-Japanese War).
Each triptych approx. 36cm x 71cm (14 1/8in x 28in). (3).

£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$1,300 - 2,000

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