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Japanese
13. Tea House in Garden with Waterfall
Woodblock
Toyohara Chikanobu (1838-1912)
1895
Ôban tate-e triptych [Each sheet 9.5 x 14 inches]
mounted
Signature: Yoshu Chikanobu
Publisher: Fukuda Hatsujiro
Series: Chiyoda bo Oh-oku: The Ladies of Chiyoda
Palace
Seal: Artist’s seal
mounted
Signature: Kogyo
Seal: Artist’s seal.
Tsukioka Kogyo was a renowned later nineteenth-century
Japanese woodblock artist. Kogyo first studied printmaking
techniques under his famed step-father, Yoshitoshi,
before later receiving further instruction from Ogata
Gekko. During his career, Kogyo created a number of
fine woodblocks dealing with both natural history and
contemporary events, such as the Russo-Japanese War.
His name, however, will always be associated with the
great series of woodcuts he designed for Heikichi dealing
with the Noh Theatre.
[29745]
£400
Chikanobu’s ‘Chiyoda bo Oh-oku’, or, ‘The Ladies of
Chiyoda Palace’, was a series dedicated to the documentation
of life inside the female quarters of the shogun’s
palace in Edo, prior to the Meiji Restoration in 1868. This
triptych depics five of the court women as they prepare
for the tea ceremony, which is referred to as Chanoyu.
The tea house is situated in a pristine Japanese garden. A
waterfall appears in the distance.
Condition: Very good.
[29993]
£650
15. Yuki no Hi, Ueno Goju no To [Snowy Day, Fivestory
Pagoda at Ueno]
Woodblock
Shintaro Okazaki
c. 1950
Ôban tate-e single sheet [9.5 x 14 inches]
mounted
Publisher: Unsodo
Seal: Artist’s seal. ‘Shintaro.’
Shintaro Okazaki’s print depicts the Kan’ei-ji pagoda on
a snowy day. It is a reconstructed Tendai Buddhist temple
which resides in Ueno Park, Tokyo.
14. Fireflies at Night
Woodblock print (nishiki-e) hightened in gold
Tsukioka Kogyo (1869-1927)
c. 1900
Shikishiban [9.5 x 10 inches]
Condition: Excellent on the whole, though contains a
slight discolouration to the left side of the upper margin.
[30191]
£250