A dynamic traditional Japanese woodblock from the series, "Setsu Getsu Ka" (Snow Flower Moon), one of Chikanobu's best series. This is No.35. "Echigo" The Snow in Niigata. The scene shows white-clothed ninja are kidnapping a girl, Ayame. A huge snow toad has come to the rescue outside.
The artist's signature (楊洲齋周延) is in the lower right hand corner. The print has been presented in a protective cream card booklet with tissue paper sheets.
On chin-collé.The condition is typical for a picture of this age including some discolouration. There is some watermarking to the center of the image and three pin holes in the centre of the top third of the print. All these things are hardly noticeable, however, and do not detract from the image itself.
33 x 21cm (13" x 8.3")
Toyohara Chikanobu (豊原周延, 1838–1912), better known to his contemporaries as Yōshū Chikanobu (楊洲周延), was a prolific woodblock artist of Japan's Meiji (era).
In 1875 (Meiji 8), he decided to try to make a living as an artist. He travelled to Tokyo. He found work as an artist for the Kaishin Shimbun. He studied with a disciple of Keisai Eisen and then he joined the school of Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi; during this period, he called himself Yoshitsuru. After Kuniyoshi’s death, he studied with Kunisada. He also referred to himself as Yōshū.
His work illustrated the changes in coiffures and make-up across time. For example, in Chikanobu's images in Mirror of Ages (1897), the hair styles of the Tenmei era, 1781-1789[5] are distinguished from those of the Keiō era, 1865-1867.[6] His works capture the transition from the age of the samurai to Meiji modernity, the artistic chaos of the Meiji period exemplifying the concept of "furumekashii/imamekashii".
The greatest number of Chikanobu's war prints (戦争絵, sensō-e) appeared in triptych format. These works documented the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. For example, the "Victory at Asan" was published with a contemporaneous account of the July 29, 1894 battle.
| SKU | qd378 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Toyohara Chikanobu (1838–1912) |
| Date | 1884 |
| Dimensions | 33 x 21cm |
| Medium | Japanese Woodblock |
| Style | Illustration Art |
| Subject | Genre Scene |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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