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THBRare Yoshitoshi Japanese Woodblock Print Album, Fan Tokaido, 1865
About Seller
4310 Papermill Dr. NW
Knoxville, TN 37909
United States
Case Auctions is based in Knoxville, Tennessee, where our gallery is located, with satellite offices in Nashville, Tennessee and Kingsport, TN – but our reach is worldwide. Established in 2005, we conduct cataloged auctions of investment-quality art and antiques under the stewardship of knowledgeabl...Read more
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LiveJul 6, 2024
Our July 6-7 Live Auction in Knoxville features more than 1,000 lots of Fine Art, Antiques and Jewelry from the founding family of Rogersville, TN, and from the historic Pinckney family of Charleston, SC; from the estate of William J. Eskind of Nashville; the living estate of Jerry Waters, Maryville, the estate of U.S. Ambassador Ron Schlicher of Brentwood, and from other fine estates and private and museum collections. Sale starts 9 AM Eastern Time on Saturday, July 6 (lots #1-671) and continues at 1 PM Sunday, July 7 (lots #672-1086) at our Knoxville Gallery, 4310 Papermill Drive. Case Auctions bid@caseantiques.com
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- Lot Description
Japanese woodblock print album entitled Fifty-Three Stations of the Fan (Suehiro Gojusan-tsugi), or Fan Tokaido, 1865. Fifty-four (54) vertical oban prints including the title page and fifty-three images set along the Tokaido road detailing the Shogun's 1863 journey from Edo to Kyoto to visit the Emperor. Primarily by Yoshitoshi (Japan, 1839-1892) with contributions from Utagawa Hiroshige II and Utagawa Kunisada II, among others. Some prints still bound with string. Missing at least one print from the series, which contained 55 or more. The total number of prints in the series is unknown. Note: Along with his 1863 series Famous Places of the Tokaido (Tokaido Meisho Fiikei) these are the earliest known Yoshitoshi prints. Source: Helena Gaudekova and Alice Kraemerova, "Decadent Eccentric and Poetic Moon-Viewer" in Annals of the Naprstek Museum 33 (Prague: National Museum, 2012), 54-55.
PROVENANCE: Private East Tennessee collection. Acquired in Japan, c. 1947, by Dr. Edwin V. Hill, thence by descent.
Condition
Overall very good impressions with vibrant colors. Minor foxing to cover and negligible insect damage to lower margin of four prints. Cover with pinpoint loss, lower left. Some prints with creasing and handling wear to edges and corners, primarily marginal. Stiching holes to right-hand margin, some torn but without significant losses.
- Provenance
Private East Tennessee collection. Acquired in Japan, c. 1947, by Dr. Edwin V. Hill, thence by descent.
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