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Lot 125: Japanese Edo Period Harikomi-cho Woodblock Print Album, Genre and Religious Scenes

2026-04-25T15:00:00Z

Start price: CAD $50

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Japanese Edo Period Harikomi-cho Woodblock Print Album, Genre and Religious Scenes

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Start price: CAD $50

Description

A Japanese woodblock print album (harikomi-cho), compiled during the Edo period and containing a varied group of pasted woodblock illustrations. 


Details
Origin: Japan
Period: Edo period (circa late 18th-19th century)
Medium: Woodblock prints on paper, some hand-colored
Format: Compiled album with pasted illustrations (harikomi-cho)
Subjects: Oni and folklore scenes; children and daily life; Buddhist devotional imagery; narrative and warrior scenes
Album leaf size: approx. 18 × 24.3 cm
Inscriptions: Japanese text panels and captions within images; no artist signatures or publisher colophon identified
Condition: Overall fair to good; expected age-related toning, creasing, edge wear, minor losses and stains consistent with Edo-period book material and later compilation

Catalogue Note
Albums of this type were commonly assembled in the Edo period by collectors, temples, or literati who selected appealing or instructive images from printed books and mounted them together for preservation and study. While anonymous, such compilations provide valuable insight into popular visual culture, religious practice, and everyday life in early modern Japan.