Original woodblock print triptych – Toyohara Yoshu Chikanobu (1838-1912) -‘Itsukushima in Aki Province’ 安芸厳島之図 – From the series “Three Famous Sights of Japan” 日本三景之内 – Japan – 1880 (Meiji 13)

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Original woodblock print triptych – Toyohara Yoshu Chikanobu (1838-1912) -‘Itsukushima in Aki Province’ 安芸厳島之図 – From the series “Three Famous Sights of Japan” 日本三景之内 – Japan – 1880 (Meiji 13)

The signature says  “Youshu chikanobu,”揚州周延”.

See National Diet Library: https://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/1312720?tocOpened=1

This work was influenced by the teachings of his teacher, Utagawa shool(歌川派),　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　In particular, the actor’s face and background are drawn similar to Utagawa shool style.

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”.