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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Hanko(2)

Enlargement


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
       
han half  
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


Provenance: Chris Uhlenbeck’s Hotei Japanese Prints

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