YÔSHÛ CHIKANOBU (1838-1912)

Description:

Japan, Meiji period
23,5 x 18 cm
Colour woodblock prints. Leporello album depicting twelve female occupations in the twelve months. Brokade covers with title slip. Publisher: Hasegawa Sumi. Date: Meiji 30 (1897).
From an old South German private collection, acquired prior to 1990 - Traces of age, slightly stained, the leporello mounring slightly damaged