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YOSHU CHIKANOBU (1838-1912)
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 sheet approx., 36.5cm x 24cm (13 3/8in x 9½in).
£6,000 - 8,000
JPY910,000 - 1,200,000
US$8,200 - 11,000

(part lot)
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