3432224 Japan: A Meiji Period woodblock print depicting a woman applying make-up ("kesho" ), from a series of 24 prints titled \'The East\' by Toyohara Chikanobu (1838-1912), c. 1896 by Chikanobu, Toyohara (1838-1912); (add.info.: Toyohara Chikanobu (1838-1912), often known by his contemporaries as Yoshu Chikanobu, was a prolific woodblock artist active during the Meiji Era of Japan. He served as a soldier for the Tokugawa loyalists at first, but following the Shogitai\'s surrender, he was remanded to the Takada domain, and in 1875 CE, he decided to become an artist. He soon become renowned as a highly skilled ukiyo-e artist, with his works ranging from Japanese mythology to depictions of the battlefields from the wars of his time to women\'s fashions and "shunga" (erotic art). He produced a great many war prints in triptych format, documenting the Satsuma Rebellion, the First Sino-Japanese War and the First Russo-Japanese War, among other conflicts and events.); Pictures from History.