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Japanese woodblock triptych from the Meiji period.
"Feast at the Gakushuin (Tokyo Kazoku Gakko; Kakushuin Enkai no Zu)", a vibrant …
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Japanese woodblock triptych from the Meiji period.
"Feast at the Gakushuin (Tokyo Kazoku Gakko; Kakushuin Enkai no Zu)", a vibrant scene depicting a banquet for the opening of the Gakushuin, which was designated as the school for the aristocrats in Tokyo by Toyohara Chikanobu (Japanese, 1838-1912).
Attended by the Emperor and Empress Meiji, the school was opened in 1877.
Nishiki-e, ink and color on vertical ôban.
Publisher Matsushita Heibei, signed Chikanobu hitsu.
Museum placard on verso.
Black metal frame glazed with acrylic.
Sight Height: 13.75 inches / 34.92 cm
Sight Width: 28.5 inches / 72.39 cm
Provenance
Collection of Sheldon and Heather Siegel
Exhibition
“Forging the New Japan: Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Collection of Sheldon and Heather Siegel." Alden B. Dow Museum of Science and Art at Midland Center for the Arts. Midland, Michigan, 2014.
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