Ashurajō 阿修羅帖 - Chronicle of demons, Taisho 9 (1920), 3 volumesAshuraj Chronicle of demons, Taisho 9 (1920) 3volumes, each volume contains 100 woodblock printed scenes It Chta (1867 1954) Kokusui Shuppansha Title: Ashuraj A chronicle of demons 3 out of 5 volumes, here for auction volumes 2, 3 and 5 Date: 1920 (Taish 9): 1921 (Taish 10) A superb collection! Caricatures of demons and monsters drawn by the eccentric architect Chuta Ito, with a strong connection with the political events at the time (WWI). Each page

gold and silver colored metallic pigments

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starting with a woodblock print depicting Chiyoda Castle (Figure 1)

Enjoy this exquisite print

And each design represents a character from one of the play's written by Chikamatsu

20 prints in total

Illustrated with various and numerous woodblock plates within the text as well as lithographies and coloured/black&white maps

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Title: 冬競技 Fuyu kyōgi - Winter games

I'd say Taisho/early Showa

12 paintings

elaborate heavy polychrome