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Long Live the Empire: A Sketch of the Promulgation of the Constitution (Teikoku banzai, kenpô happu ryakuzu)


「帝國萬歳憲法發布畧圖」
Yôshû Chikanobu (Hashimoto Chikanobu) (Japanese, 1838–1912)
Publisher: Takekawa Unokichi (Unosuke) (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1889 (Meiji 22)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.2 x 81.6 cm (14 5/8 x 32 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection
Accession Number2000.498a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sharf, Imaging Meiji (1997), #12, no photo; Tanba, Nishiki-e ni miru Meiji tennô to Meiji jidai (1966), #112
Signed Yôshû Chikanobu hitsu (on right sheet)
楊洲周延筆
ProvenanceVarious dealers: primarily in London and Tokyo. Purchased between 1985-1999.