LADY YOKOBUE AND THE SAMURAI TOKIYORI (Toyohara Chikanobu)

Object: original Japanese woodblock prints
Genre: ukiyo-e 浮世絵 pictures of the floating world

Artist: Toyohara Chikanobu 豊原周延 (1838-1912), signed Yoshu Chikanobu 楊洲周延
From the series: Stories of Famous Japanese Women 日本名女咄
Print title: Yokobue 横笛
Print subject: the beautiful Yokobue 横笛, a low-ranked lady in the court in Kyoto 京都, and her beloved high-ranking samurai Saito Tokiyori 斎藤時頼, protagonists of a sad love story from the late Heian period 平安時代

Publisher: Takekawa Seikichi 武川清吉 (Sawamuraya Seikichi 沢村屋清吉)

Material: washi 和紙 Japanese paper
Technique: nishiki-e 錦絵 multi-coloured woodblock printing

Year: 1893
Condition: good, tiny restorations on the right sheet
Overall dimensions: 47 x 35,5 cm

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