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Lot 68
Guard Ladies of the Chiyoda Palace by Toyohara Chikanobu (Japanese, 1838-1912)
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
1890s, ink and color on paper, triptych of three vertical sheets, published by Akiyama Buemon, features seven lady firefighters (otachinoki) with figures and palace buildings in silhouette behind them against a sky with fire embers billowing upwards into the sky, framed in three individual matching frames with mats under glass, not examined outside of the frames.

DOA 19.5 x 14.75 in. (each)

The Estate of Mary Gorham Bynum of Pinehurst, NC

A great deal of fading and loss to color in areas; toning to paper; some repairs to paper.