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Toyohara CHIKANOBU   (1838 - 1912)		Famous Japanese Emperors - Preparatory drawing ( shita-e )
		Drawing in 'sumi' (black ink) on thin paper. Date:                  1880s - 90s Signed:              Yoshu Chikanobu ga Size of sheet:    c. 39 x 28 cms / c. 15 3/8" x 11" Condition: very good ref. no.: # S480586 (reserved)

An almost finished preparatory drawing, signed by the artist, for a woodblock print depicting Japanese emperors from various periods, - probably one design of a print series. The inscriptions read: Yuryaku-tenno, the twenty-first Emperor (418 - 79); Ojin-tenno, the fifteenth Emperor (200 - 310 (!), reigned from 270 - 310); Jingu-kogo, Empress and wife to the fourteenth Tenno (reigned from 200 - 270); Takeuchi-no Sukune, a vassal.

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