Adam's Fine Asian Art Preview 23 November 2021

110 B- TSUKIOKA TAISO YOSHITOSHI 月岡芳年 (JAPAN, 1839-1892) The rescue of Nichiren Triptych of oban tata-e / woodblock prints 1879 / 1880 From the series “Illustrated History of Great Japan published” (Dai nihon shiryaku zue 大 日本 史略 圖會 ) Publisher : Tsunashima Kamekichi €1,000 - 2,000 NOTES: 1. This print shows the rescue of Nichiren, the lead- er monk who was the founder of the Hokke sect of Buddhism. This is an illustration of a famous incident in his life, an attempted execution during the reign of Emperor Kameyama, the ninetieth Emperor of Japan. 2. See a related print preserved at the Philadelphia Museum Of Art, The United States of America, under accession number 1989-47-123a--c. A- YAMAMOTO RYUDO (JAPAN, 1845-1913), PUPIL OF KAWANABE KYOSAI 河鍋暁斎 (JAPAN, 1831-1889) “Aesop’s Fables: Illustration of Number Eight” (Ts ū zoku Isoppu Monogatari, Dai Hachi-g ō -bu-zu, 通俗伊蘇普物語 第八号部圖 ) Triptych of oban tata-e / woodblock prints 1877 Publisher: Takekawa Seikichi €1,000 - 2,000 NOTE: A very rare political parodies the Satsuma Rebellion. A- B-