NINJA IN THE SNOW IN NIIGATA (Toyohara Chikanobu)

Object: original Japanese woodblock print
Genre: ukiyo-e 浮世絵 pictures of the floating world

Artist: Toyohara Chikanobu 豊原周延 (1838-1912), signed Yoshu Chikanobu hitsu 楊洲周延筆
From the series: Snow, Moon and Flowers 雪月花
Print title: Snow at Niigata in Echigo Province: Ayame [long-lost sister of the toad magician Jiraiya 自来也] and Takane [daughter of the Kumadeya 熊手屋娘] 越後 新潟の雪 あやめ たかね, no. 35 卅五
Print subject: white-clothed ninjas in the snow

Play: Jiraiya Goketsu Monogatari 児雷也豪傑譚語

Publisher: Kobayashi Tetsujiro 小林鉄次郎 (Maruya Tetsujiro 丸屋銕次郎)
Carver: Muneoka Shinkichi 宗岡信吉, marked Muneoka to 宗岡刀

Material: washi 和紙 Japanese paper
Technique: nishiki-e 錦絵 multi-coloured woodblock printing

Year: 1885, 3rd month
Condition: fair, some imperfections and wormholes on the partially trimmed margins, backing
Dimensions: 23 x 35,5 cm

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