Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Tanuki and fox priest

Two ōban. A) Series: Shingata sanjūr…
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi Tanuki and fox priest Two ōban. a) Series: Shingata sanjūrokkaisen. Title: Takeda Katsuchiyo tsukiyo no rori o utsu no zu. Takeda Katsuchiyo kills an old badger. Ref: Yoshitoshi. Seal: Taiso. Plate cutter: Noguchi Enkatsu. Publisher: Sasaki Toyokichi. Date: Meiji 22 (1889). b) Series: Tsuki hyakushi. Title: Konkai. Fox priest. Inscribed: Yoshitoshi. Seal: Yoshitoshi. Plate cutter: Noguchi Enkatsu. Publisher: Akiyama Buemon. Date: Meiji 19 (1886). (2) Very good impressions, paper yellowed, glued to paper at upper corners; a) shomenzuri, creased, small holes and thin spots at margins; b) blindstamped, margins somewhat rubbed and soiled, stitching holes at left margin. Provenance Collection Dr. Kurt Meissner

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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi Tanuki and fox priest Two ōban. a) Series: Shingata sanjūrokkaisen. Title: Takeda Katsuchiyo tsukiyo no rori o utsu no zu. Takeda Katsuchiyo kills an old badger. Ref: Yoshitoshi. Seal: Taiso. Plate cutter: Noguchi Enkatsu. Publisher: Sasaki Toyokichi. Date: Meiji 22 (1889). b) Series: Tsuki hyakushi. Title: Konkai. Fox priest. Inscribed: Yoshitoshi. Seal: Yoshitoshi. Plate cutter: Noguchi Enkatsu. Publisher: Akiyama Buemon. Date: Meiji 19 (1886). (2) Very good impressions, paper yellowed, glued to paper at upper corners; a) shomenzuri, creased, small holes and thin spots at margins; b) blindstamped, margins somewhat rubbed and soiled, stitching holes at left margin. Provenance Collection Dr. Kurt Meissner

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