Chiyoda No Ooku with 12 woodblock prints of ladies-in-waiting at Edo Castle
[Japan] Orihon with 12 very nice woodblock prints showing the activities of the wives and ladies-in-waiting of the Tokugawa shoguns in their living quarters (Ooku) within Edo Castle. The illustrations appear to be by Toyohara Chikanobu (1838-1912).
Tokyo. Fukuda Hatsujiro. 1895.
12 illlustrations. 18 x 12.1cm.
In very good condition. One illustration has some minor oxidisation from the use of a metallic substance in the print. b37061898
