“Tōkyō fu Shinobu dai keiba no zu”東京不忍大競馬之図(Tokyo Shinobazu Grand Horse Racing drawn)

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Original woodblock print triptych – Toyohara Yoshu Chikanobu (1838-1912) -“Tōkyō fu Shinobu dai keiba no zu”東京不忍大競馬之図(Tokyo Shinobazu Grand Horse Racing drawn) – Japan – 1885(Meiji 18),

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”.

This woodblock print drawn the Emperor Meiji passing through Takanawa when the Japanese capital moved from Kyoto to Tokyo.
It is drawn the horse racing held at Shinobazu Pond in 1884.

This Ukiyo-e has holes and folds
Also, since it is old, it has dirt.