YOSHITOSHI. Shimoyo no kane jūji no tsujiura (Ten bells on a frosty night). Three woodblock print books. 175x118mm each, with 11 leaves, including the colored illustrated covers of the binding. In total 33 sheets. Published by Funatsu Chujiro. Many woodcuts in the text with figures and scenes, some full page.In two volumes woodworm holes on the outer margin. Story with heroes of the Sugita clan. This is volume three of the work, complete with the three parts. Beautifully figured work by Yoshitoshi with the text by Takeda Kōrai. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1839 - 1892, has widely been recognized as the last great master of the ukiyo-e genre of woodblock printing and painting.One specimen presented at Waseda University in Tokyo, with 29 sheets.

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