Meiji prints
| Design: | Kajita Hanko (1870-1917) | |||||
| Title: | The scent of chrysanthemums | |||||
| Size: | 22.3 x 30.0 cm (kikuban) | |||||
| Original woodblock print | ||||||
| Photography: | Theo Janssen |
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Published in 1905 as a kuchi-e in the magazine Bungei Kurabu, vol. 11, no. 13.
Artist’s name - and red seal with the same characters in reversed order - in right print area:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 半 | han | half | |
| 古 | ko | old | Hanko |
A beautiful reproduction of this kuchi-e print by Kajita Hanko can be found here on the website of David Bull, and the story behind the making of this reproduction can be seen in this most interesting video.
References
- Merritt, Helen, and Yamada, Nanako (2000). Woodblock Kuchi-e Prints. Reflections of Meiji culture. University of Hawai’i Press.
- Stephens, Amy Reigle (1993). The New Wave: Twentieth-century Japanese Prints from the Robert O. Muller Collection. London: Bamboo Publishing.
- Yamada, Nanako (2005, p.245). Survey of Woodblock Kuchi-e Prints. Tokyo: Bunsei Shoin Booksellers Co., Ltd.
Provenance: Chris Uhlenbeck’s Hotei Japanese Prints