Original woodblock print triptych – Paper – Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833-1904) – ‘Shin-Yoshiwara Edomachi ni-chōme: Kōkirō sankai no zu’ 新吉原江戸町二丁目 甲喜楼三階之図 (View of the Third Floor of the Kokiro Pleasure House, in the 2nd ward of Shin Yoshiwara) – Japan – 1871 (Meiji 4)

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Original woodblock print triptych – Paper – Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833-1904) – ‘Shin-Yoshiwara Edomachi ni-chōme: Kōkirō sankai no zu’ 新吉原江戸町二丁目 甲喜楼三階之図 (View of the Third Floor of the Kokiro Pleasure House, in the 2nd ward of Shin Yoshiwara) – Japan – 1871 (Meiji 4)

Utagawa Yoshiiku’s signature is Ichieisai Yoshiiku ga” 一恵斎芳幾画” in his signature.

(memo)Utagawa Yoshiiku
Born the son of teahouse proprietor Asakusa Tamichi in 1833, Yoshiiku became a student of ukiyo-e artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi toward the end of the 1840s. His earliest known work dates to 1852 when he provided the backgrounds to some actor prints by his master.
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi is a brother apprentice. At that time he was as popular as Yoshitoshi, and was involved in publishing newspapers as a painter.