Design:	Tomioka Eisen (1864-1905)
	Title:	Woman with umbrella
	Size:	18.0 x 27.2 cm (chuban)
	Original woodblock print
	Photography:	Theo Janssen

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Enlargement

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Special effects: silver highlights on sachet and kimono. Snowflakes in gofun (powdered seashells).

Published in 1905 as a kuchi-e in the magazine Bungei Kurabu, vol. 11, no. 3.

Artist’s name and red artist’s Eisen seal in right print area:

Character	Reading	Meaning	Translation
藻	mo	seaweed
斉	sei	equal	Mosai

A beautiful reproduction of this kuchi-e print can be found on the website of David Bull.

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References

• Merritt, Helen, and Yamada, Nanako (2000). Woodblock Kuchi-e Prints. Reflections of Meiji culture. University of Hawai’i Press.

• Yamada, Nanako (2005). Survey of Woodblock Kuchi-e Prints. Tokyo: Bunsei Shoin Booksellers Co., Ltd.

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Provenance: Chris Uhlenbeck’s Hotei Japanese Prints