Toyohara Chikanobu (1838-1912) Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) | Two woodblock prints | Meiji period, late 19th century

Toyohara Chikanobu (1838-1912)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)

Two woodblock prints

Meiji period, late 19^th century

each a woodblock print, and comprising:

- Yamashiro Province: The Moon in Saga Danjo Nakakuni and Lady Kogo, from the series Snow, Moon and Flowers (Setsugekka), signed Yoshu Chikanobu, published by Kobayashi Tetsujiro, 1884

- Tabakoya Kihachi, from the series Eastern Flowers of Rough Stories from the Floating World (Azuma no nishiki ukiyo kodan), signed Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi hitsu, with artist's paulownia seal, censor’s seal aratame (certified), publisher's seal Sanoya Tomigoro (Kinseido), 10th month 1867; with collector's seal of Gerhard Pulverer to verso

Each vertical oban:

34.5 x 21.4 cm., 13½ x 8⅜ in. (the first)

34.4 x 24.1 cm., 13½ x 9½ in. (the second)

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Toyohara Chikanobu (1838-1912) Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), Deux estampes, époque Meiji, fin XIXe siècle