Botanical paintings, ink on silk, 100 filesA stunning botanical paintings album ink on silk, 100 sheets bound into a book, 33x26 cm each. Unsigned, by the look of it, early Meiji period. Superb brushwork and condition.

Size 30x25 cm (closed)

1915 - "Illustrated Handscroll of the Great Rite of Thanksgiving of the Present Emperor"

His other names were Rōan

some pufferfish

he went to Osaka in 1892 and was apprenticed to Nishida Suketaro

Size of each scroll: 185 x 45 cm

1920"The Telling of the Story of the Forty-Seven Rōnin Through Pictures and Text as Published by the Righteous Samurai Society" Publisher: Gishikai Shuppanbu 義士會出版部 (Gishi Kai Publishing Department)In 1920

paying tribute to the Righteous Samurai by a notable personage

I'd say Taisho/early Showa

in the late 19th century

The five-volume set

Year: 1883Title of the series: "Nishiki-e shūshindan" 錦絵修身談 (Brocade Pictures for Moral Education)This print title: 少女貧人を救ふ - Rescue the poor young girlThe six Yoshitoshi volumes were accompanied by The Ninety-Two Oban-size Color Prints Issued in 1883 As Supplements to the Textbooks "Nishiki-e shūshindan" 錦絵修身談 In October 1883 [see "Dating the Prints"