Antique Japanese Ukiyoe Woodblock Print
This is a Japanese woodblock print Ukiyoe by Ikuhide Kobayashi. The kanji inscription says "Gate of New Imperial Palace"(新皇居御出門之図). The scene on this Ukiyoe print depicts a procession of foreign dignitaries leaving the new imperial place during the Meiji Period. Ukiyoe is a genre of Japanese art that flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock prints and paintings of such subjects as female beauties, kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers, scenes from history and folk tales, travel scenes and landscapes, flora and fauna, and erotica.
- Title: Gate of New Imperial Palace
- Artist: Ikuhide Kobayashi
- Woodblock print (Hanga), ink print
- Paper
- Item weight: 14 grams
- Packed weight: 214 grams
- 1880
- Approx. 35.5 cm long x 69 cm wide
- Good condition considering its age. Some rips. There're two folds. Wear and tear due to age. Please see the photos.
- This piece was purchased at the famous Osu Antique Market in Nagoya
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