“Edo fūzoku oboro Haruka no yozakura” 江戸風俗 朧春花之夜桜(Edo Customs Oboro Haruhana no Yozakura)

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Original woodblock print triptych – Toyohara Yoshu Chikanobu (1838-1912) -“Edo fūzoku oboro Haruka no yozakura” 江戸風俗 朧春花之夜桜(Edo Customs Oboro Haruhana no Yozakura) – Japan – 1889(Meiji 22),

Toyohara Chikanobu (豊原周延), better known to his contemporaries as Yōshū Chikanobu (楊洲周延), was a prolific woodblock artist of Japan’s Meiji period.
Chikanobu signed his artwork “Yōshū Chikanobu”(楊洲周延). This was his “art name”. The artist’s “real name” was Hashimoto Naoyoshi (橋本直義); and it was published in his obituary.
Many of his earliest works were signed “studio of Yōshū Chikanobu” (楊洲齋周延) Yōshū-sai Chikanobu; a small number of his early creations were simply signed “Yōshū” (楊洲). At least one triptych from 1879 exists signed “Yōshū Naoyoshi” (楊洲直義).
No works have surfaced that are signed either “Toyohara Chikanobu” or “Hashimoto Chikanobu”.

The works of chikanobu around this time are tall, and the paints used for the kimonos he wears are also in various colors.

There are some creases.