Antique Japanese Ukiyoe Woodblock Print

This is a Japanese woodblock print Ukiyoe by Ikuhide Kobayashi. The title Kanji character says Tokyo Shinyoshihara Beppinzoroe (東京新吉原別品揃). This picture depicts the women are eating and dancing. 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:  Tokyo Shinyoshihara Beppinzoroe (東京新吉原別品揃)
• Artist: Chikanobu Yoshu (揚州周延)
• Woodblock print (Hanga), ink print
• Paper 
• Item weight: 16 grams
• Packed weight: 216 grams
• 1880
• Approx. 37 cm long x 72 cm wide
• Good condition. Some rips. Light creasing. Light wear and tear. Please see the photos.
• This piece was purchased at the famous Osu Antique Market in Nagoya.

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