TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1797 – 1858), MIYAGAWA SHUNTEI (1873 – 1914)

Meiji period, 1886 and 1897

Two Japanese woodblock print triptychs, oban tate-e, including: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, The Ancient Incident of Umewaka and the Child Seller beside the Sumida River (Azuma meisho sumidagawa umewaka no furugoto), from the series Famous Places in the East, signed Taiso Yoshitoshi, sealed Yoshitoshi, published by Akiyama Buemon, and Miyagawa Shuntei, August Full Moon from the series Twelve Months of Beauties (Bijin Junikagetsu) published by Matsuki Heikichi, each framed and glazed,

each sheet 34cm high, 22..5cm long

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NOTE:

For the Yoshitoshi triptych see Keyes, Roger and Kuwayama, G., The Bizarre Imagery of Yoshitoshi - The Herbert R. Cole Collection, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA 1980.