'Visiting Edo Castle on New Years Day' Original Woodblock by Toyohara Chikanobu - Ca 1897 Bath Robes floral handle detail

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'Visiting Edo Castle on New Years Day' Original Woodblock by Toyohara Chikanobu - Ca 1897 Bath Robes floral handle detailThis old Japanese woodblock triptych is by Meiji era woodblock print artist Toyohara Chikanobu (1838 1912). This woodblock is entitled (Feudal Lords Visiting Edo Castle on New Years Day). It was forbidden to publish images of the ruling Tokugawa family or any events they partook in during the Edo period. However, with the Meiji restoration laws were relaxed, and with this various woodblock artists created woodblock prints documenting these events.