Kikuchi Yosai (1781-1878) 菊池容斎

Kikuchi Yosai, also known as Kikuchi Takeyasu (菊池武保) and Kawahara Ryohei (河原量平) was most famous for his monochrome portraits of historical figures.

Title of the series: 容斎歴史画 (Yosai - historical pictures)

Artist : Fukui Kinjiro (福井金二郎)

Publisher : Aoki Tsunesaburo (青木恒三郎), Osaka

The publisher Aoki Tsunesaburo (Suzando) made series of reproductions of the works of great masters in the 1890s.
They were copied and reduced in size (by Fukui Gessai?).

Date : Meiji 27 (= 1894), May 1

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signed : ? ? Kikuchi Takeyasu

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signed : Takeyasu

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Saigyo Hoshi

signed : Yosai Takeyasu

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signed : ? ?

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Sei Shonagon

signed : Yosai

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signed : Yosai Takeyasu

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Shizuka Gozen

signed : Yosai Takeyasu

Click here for a woodprint about Shizuka Gozen
by Ogata Gekko in our collection

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