'Rice Cake Parade' Original Woodblock Triptych by Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu - Ca 1895 Stools 5 x 22 (wxh cms)

5 x 22 (wxh cms)

Hand Carved Marble Mughal Horse Panel From Rajasthan

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The design features swooping kingfishers and doves over blossoming chrysanthemums & hibiscus flowers

'Rice Cake Parade' Original Woodblock Triptych by Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu - Ca 1895 Stools 5 x 22 (wxh cms)This old Japanese woodblock triptych is by Meiji era woodblock print artist Ysh (Hashimoto) Chikanobu (1838 1912). This woodblock is entitled "Rice Cake Parade" and is from the series "The Inner Palace of Chiyoda" and the 'Album of Women'. This series by Chikanobu focused on the beauty of women and their clothes. Here, the women are partaking in a festival called mochitsuki where rice cakes (kagami mochi) are pounded. Their kimonos are decorated with