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an old book with chinese writing on it sitting on a tablean image of a painting of two women in kimono robestwo asian women in kimono robes sitting on the floora painting of a woman in a kimono sitting under a tree and another woman in a kimono sitting under a treethree women in kimono sitting on the floor in a roomtwo pictures of a woman sitting on a bed in a room
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126 - YÔSHÛ CHIKANOBU (1838–1912)
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Estimate €1,200 - €1,800
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YÔSHÛ CHIKANOBU (1838–1912) An album of ten triptychs of oban-sized prints, entitled Chiyoda no Ôoku, ‘The Inner Palace of Chiyoda’, published by Fukuda Hatsujir?, Tokyo, 1895. These prints depict daily life, rituals, ceremonies and the private lives of the women (ladies-in-waiting, concubines, maids) living in the Ôoku – the women’s quarters of Edo Castle (located in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo), the residence of the Tokugawa shogun. The series comprises around 40 triptychs.
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About the sale THE BERNARD ROUSSEAU COLLECTION – DRAWINGS BY HOKUSAI, PAINTINGS FROM JAPAN AND CHINA
Auction location
Auction time 10/22/2026 at 3:30 PM
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