'Visiting Edo Castle on New Years Day' Original Woodblock by Toyohara Chikanobu - Ca 1897 Bath Robes 71 x 3 x 186

71 x 3 x 186 (wxdxh cms)

floral handle detail

monasteries and on horses and ponies in Tibet and are very well made on a handloom

Sun-Bleached Timber

58 x 22 x 116 (wxdxh cms)

'Visiting Edo Castle on New Years Day' Original Woodblock by Toyohara Chikanobu - Ca 1897 Bath Robes 71 x 3 x 186This old Japanese woodblock triptych is by Meiji era woodblock print artist Toyohara Chikanobu (1838 1912). This woodblock is entitled (Feudal Lords Visiting Edo Castle on New Years Day). It was forbidden to publish images of the ruling Tokugawa family or any events they partook in during the Edo period. However, with the Meiji restoration laws were relaxed, and with this various woodblock artists created woodblock prints documenting these events.