This section will attempt to display the chronological evolution of Chikanobu's signature:
date, series name, translation.


1879-81 azuma sugata shiki no uta - Compositions in the Eastern Style for the Four Seasons 1881 imayo bijin kagami - A Reflection of the Modern Woman 1882 to kyogen homare no wazogi - Hit Plays with Famous Actors 1883-4 meiyo iro no sakiwake - Honorable Blooms in Different Colors 1884-6 setsu gekka - Snow, Moon, Flower 1st Series 1885 gempei seisuiki - A Chronicle of the Rise and Fall of the Minamoto and the Taira 1886 azuma nishiki chūya kurabe - Comparing Night and Day - A Brocade of Edo 1886-7 tokugawa kakei ryakki - A Brief Account of the Tokugawa Lineage 1888 imayo tokyo hakkei - Eight Views of Tokyo Today 1889-90 azuma fuzoku fuku tsukushi - Customs of the Capital: parody on the word fuku 1890 azuma fuzoku nenju gyoji - Annual Events and Customs in the Capital 1890-1 Bakin chojutsu - Stories by Bakin 1890-1 nijushi ko mitate e awase - A Parody of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Devotion 1890-2 gento shashin kurabe - Contrasting Life with a Photograph shown through a Magic Lantern 1892 azuma kagami - Mirror of the East 1893 nihon meijo to - Very Tall Stories about Famous Women of Japan 1893-4 mitate junishi - A Contrasting Parody of the Zodiac 1895 shiki no hana kyogen mitate - 1896 azuma - The East 1896-8 jidai kagami - A Mirror of the Ages 1897 heike monogotari - Tales of the Heike 1897-8 shin bijin - Truly Beautiful Women 1899 setsu gekka - Snow, Moon, Flower 2nd Series 1902 tokyo meisho - Famous Places of Tokyo



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