Bidspirit auction | A MEIJI ERA WOODBLOCK PRINT

A MEIJI ERA WOODBLOCK PRINT BY CHIKANOBU YOSHU, JAPANESE, 1897 - Chikanobu Yoshu (Japanese, 1838-1912), color woodblock print ”Daimyo Procession Arriving at Edo Castle” from the series ”The Outer Palace of Chiyoda.” Published by Fukuda Hatsujiro, 1897. Note: Toyohara Chikanobu, better known to his contemporaries as Yoshu Chikanobu, was a Japanese painter and printmaker who was widely regarded as a prolific woodblock artist during the Meiji epoch. 14 x 28 in., (35.5 x 71 cm.) Provenance: Ex-Private Kensington, London, UK. Condition: Very good.