Shin Hanga prints
| Design: | Hashiguchi Goyō (1880-1921) | |||||
| Title: | Rain at Yabakei | |||||
| Size: | 37.8 x 50.8 cm (double ōban) | |||||
| Posthumous printing from newly cut blocks | ||||||
| Photography: | Jacques Commandeur |
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Special effects: subtle silver metallic pigment on the rain.
Originally published privately in the dai-ōban size in 1918 by Goyō. This edition was published in the even larger double-ōban size by Yūyūdō in the 1970s/80s.
Original publishing date and artist’s name in lower left area of the print:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 大 | tai | big | The 7th year |
| 正 | shō | correct | of the |
| 七 | shichi | seven | Taishō era |
| 年 | nen | year | (i.e., 1918) |
Followed by Goyō seal:
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in which the three kanji read:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 五 | go | five | Picture |
| 葉 | yō | leaf | by |
| 画 | ga | picture | Goyō |
Followed by print title:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 耶 | yazya | question mark | |
| 馬 | ba | horse | |
| 渓 | kei | valley | |
| の | no | ’s | |
| 雨 | ame | rain | Rain at Yabakei |
Yūyūdō publisher seal in lower left margin of the print.
The protective folder carries the label:
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in which the kanji also read:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 橋 | hashi | bridge | |
| 口 | kuchi | mouth | |
| 五 | go | five | |
| 葉 | yō | leaf | Hashiguchi Goyō |
| 耶 | yazya | question mark | |
| 馬 | ba | horse | |
| 渓 | kei | valley | |
| の | no | ’s | |
| 雨 | ame | rain | Rain at Yabakei |
Names of printer and carver of this later edition in lower left margin:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 摺 | suri | printing | Printer: |
| 伊 | i | bridge | |
| 藤 | tō | cram | Itō |
| 春 | haru | light | |
| 太 | ta | man | |
| 郎 | rō | man | Harutarō |
| 彫 | hori | carving | Carver: |
| 松 | matsu | pine | |
| 田 | ta | rice field | Matsuda |
| 寅 | tora | chastity | |
| 蔵 | zō | male | Torazō |
References
- Brown, Kendall H., Putney, Carolyn M., Shūko, Koyama, and Binnie, Paul (2013). Fresh Impressions: Early Modern Japanese Prints. Toledo: Toledo Museum of Art.
- Marks, Andreas (2015). Seven Masters: 20th Century Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Wells Collection. Minneapolis: Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
- Newland, Amy Reigle, ed. (2004). Printed to Perfection. Twentieth-century Japanese Prints from the Robert O. Muller Collection. Amsterdam: Hotei Publishing, in association with Sackler Gallery/Smithsonian Institution.
- The Toledo Museum of Art, Ed. (1930). A special exhibition of modern Japanese prints. Ohio: Toledo.
Provenance: Yahoo Japan Auction