YOSHU / TOYOHARA CHIKANOBU (1838-1912) MEIJI ERA, C.1888 An accordion album of ten Japanese woodblock print triptychs, comprising a whole set of the series entitled Onko azuma no hana (Flowers of Edo in the Past), including: -New Year's Greeting for the Shogun -Noble Ladies Evacuating from the Accidental Fire -Townspeople Watching the Noh Play 'Okina' at Edo Castle -The Daimyo Procession Entering Edo -The Shogun's Wild Boar Hunting in Koganehara -Procession of a Feudal Lord Visiting the Temple at Ueno -The Shogun Hearing a Lawsuit at Fukiage All bound together with three other triptychs depicting various processions, each sheet 35.3cm x 23.6cm. Provenance: an Irish private collection, Dublin. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.