Information
Date : 1890
Size : O-ban / Triptych
Impression : Good
Condition : Good
Detail : Slight browning
Chikanobu used to use the name YoshitsuruⅡ. He became a pupil of ToyokuniⅡafter Kuniyoshi died, and after ToyokuniⅢ died, he became a pupil of Kunichika. Then, finally, his name became Chikanobu.
He was famous for the motif of a beautiful woman. However, one of the seeds that grew into a flowering of his artistic life was the warrior and war prints of the Seinan War. After that, he started creating the artworks of Ooku, the shogun's harem, and the lady portrait in the civilization of the Meiji era. It raised his reputation. Shopping Guide & Information of the Japanese Prints