Original woodblock print triptych – Toyohara Yoshu Chikanobu (1838-1912) -“Joreishiki ryakuzu ” 女礼(禮)式略図 (Scenes of Ladies’ Etiquette ) – Japan – 1892(Meiji 25), The signature says “Yoshu Chikanobu”揚州周延”. Toyohara Chikanobu (豊原周延), better known to his contemporaries as Yōshū Chikanobu (楊洲周延), was a prolific woodblock artist of Japan’s Meiji period. Chikanobu signed his artwork “Yōshū Chikanobu”(楊洲周延). This was his “art name”. The artist’s “real name” was Hashimoto Naoyoshi (橋本直義); and it was published in his obituary. Many of his earliest works were signed “studio of Yōshū Chikanobu” (楊洲齋周延) Yōshū-sai Chikanobu; a small number of his early creations were simply signed “Yōshū” (楊洲). At least one triptych from 1879 exists signed “Yōshū Naoyoshi” (楊洲直義). No works have surfaced that are signed either “Toyohara Chikanobu” or “Hashimoto Chikanobu”. This “女礼(禮)式略図 (Scenes of Ladies’ Etiquette)” series seems to have a fondness for ukiyo-e artists in the Meiji era, and Yousai Nobukazu(楊斎延一), Adachi Ginyuki (安達吟行), and Toyohara Kunichika(豊原国周)each make the series. Publisher:Tkakegawa Unosuke 武川卯之助