(Japan 1838-1912) Album with twenty triptychs, from two series: Chiyoda no Ooku (The courtly ladies of the Chiyoda Palace) and Chiyoda no onomote (The gentlemen of the Chiyoda Palace), a) ‘Onôgakuya’ (Mikagura scene), printed 1895 b) ‘Hotaru-gari’ (Glow-worm hunt), printed 1896, c) ‘Oniwaaruki’ (Koi carp leaping out of the water under a wisteria’, printed 1896, d) ‘Syaka-mofude’ (Ceremonies to honour the Buddha), printed 1896, e) ‘Yamasato no ochaya’ (Tea house in the countryside), printed 1896, f) ‘Chiyoda no Ooku Ohanami’ (Cherry blossom festival), printed 1894, g) ‘Setsubun’ (The day before the start of spring), printed 1896, h) ‘Kagami mochi hiki’ (The offering of the Mochi (Rice cakes), printed 1896, i) ‘Onagare’ (The offering of the aromatic wine), printed 1895, j) ‘Osazare-ishi’ (The celebration), printed 1895; Chiyoda-no-onomote: a) ‘Gencho-shoko-tojo-ote-geba-no-zu’ (The palace visit of the Gencho prince), printed 1897, b) ‘Oiba-hajime’ (The archery commences), printed 1897, c) ‘Bujutsu-joran’ (The show fight), printed 1897, d) ‘Hamaonari’ (The visit to the beach), printed 1897, e) ‘okawasuji-onari’, printed 1897, f) ‘Rokugatsu-Jurokunichi-Kajo-no-zu’(‘Kajo festival’), printed 1897, g) ‘Kemari’ (The ball game), printed 1897, h) ‘Nikko-gosyasan’(The visit to Nikko), printed 1897, i) ‘Nikko-gosiyasan Sanjin-bashi’ (The visit to Nikko, the Sanjin bridge) printed 1897, j) ‘Shogun-senkge-tame Syukuga-Syokotaireigyoretsu-no-zu’ (The procession of the princes at the ‘Shogunsenge’ festival), printed 1897, all twenty triptychs signed Yoshu Chikanobu, publisher: Fukuda Hatsujiro, 35.5 cm x 71 cm (sheet size), 23.8 cm (width of album), green silk cover loose, to inside mica, (CT)