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Chikashige (Otagawa Chikashige), active approximately 1880.

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Images by Chikashige (Otagawa Chikashige), active approximately 1880.

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  • Empress and court ladies in traditional formal dress on an outing to Kameido plum tree gardens to the east of Tokyo, to view the plum blossoms and write poems about them. Colour woodcut by Chikashige, 1878.

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    Actors miming; smaller figures illustrate a mime sequence. Colour woodcut by Chikashige, 1875 (?).

    Chikashige (Otagawa Chikashige), active approximately 1880. | Date: [1875?] | Reference: 34913i
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    Empress and court ladies in traditional formal dress on an outing to Kameido plum tree gardens to the east of Tokyo, to view the plum blossoms and write poems about them. Colour woodcut by Chikashige, 1878.

    Chikashige (Otagawa Chikashige), active approximately 1880. | Date: 1878 | Reference: 36736i

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