Fine Japanese Prints

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Toyohara Kunichika (1835–1900) | Fair at Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinryuzan ichi no zu) | Edo period, 19th century

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Property from a Private Collector

Toyohara Kunichika (1835–1900)

Fair at Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinryuzan ichi no zu)

Edo period, 19th century 


woodblock print triptych, each variously signed within toshidama cartouche, Kunichika ga (the right sheet), Ichiosai Kunichika ga (the centre sheet), Kachoro Kunichika ga (the left sheet), published by Moriya Jihei (Kinshindo), 7th month 1858


Vertical oban triptych:

Left sheet: 35.3 x 25.1 cm., 14 x 9⅞ in. 

Centre sheet: 35.3 x 24.3 cm., 14 x 9⅝ in. 

Right sheet: 35.3 x 24.3 cm., 14 x 9⅝ in. 

For a further example of the same triptych in the collection of the Museum of Replica Handbags s, Boston, accession number 11.41698a-c, go to: 

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/472681