ONLINE ONLY ESTATE COLLECTABLE AUCTION
Thursday, 23 - Monday, 27 November 2023
TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892)'KIBI DAIJIN SEATED AT A CHINESE TABLE’
Estimate $150 - $300
Realised: $360 plus premium
Lot Details
WOODBLOCK - FRAMED (NO GLASS) - 330 x 220mm Part of Yoshitoshi’s late series ‘Twenty-Four Accomplishments in Imperial Japan’. With 1971 certification to reverse. Note: Kibi was sent to China as an ambassador, spending nineteen years there. He is credited with bringing the game of Go, the Chinese lute, the Chinese calendar, and the art of embroidery back to Japan.
