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Meiji prints

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	Design:	Mizuno Hidekata (1875-1944)
	Print title:	Preparing afternoon tea
	Album/series title:	Katei no Hana (Household flowers)
	Size:	21.4 x 31.6 cm (ōban)
	Original woodblock print
	Photography:	Jacques Commandeur

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Enlargement

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Special effects: silver metallic pigments on the hair ornament of the lady, on the decorations on the sides of the lacquer box and lid containing red and green bean paste filled with mochi (i.e., rice) to be served with the tea, on the left round box in the table in the foreground, and on the platform under the black pot or kettle in the foreground.

Published ca. 1907 by Akiyama Buemon.

This print has a vertical fold in the middle, meaning that it was originally issued as part of an orihon album (i.e., folding book).

Artist’s name in lower right of the print:

Character	Reading	Meaning	Translation
秀	hiide(ru)	excell
方	kata	person	Hidekata

Series title and print number in the grey cartouche in the right margin:

Character	Reading	Meaning	Translation
家	ka	house
庭	tei	garden
の	no	’s
花	hana	flower	Household flowers,
三	san	three	print number three

Publisher’s address, telephone number, and firm name in middle of bottom margin (from right to left):

Character	Reading	Meaning	Translation
東	tō	east
京	kyō	capital
市	shi	city	Tokyo city,
日	ni	sun
本	hon	origin
橋	hashi	bridge
区	ku	district	Nihonbashi district,
室	muro	greenhouse
町	machi	quarter	Muro quarter,
三	san	three
丁	chō	house block
目	me	count suffix	3rd house block,
九	kyū	nine
番	ban	number
地	chi	earth, land	number 9,
電	den	electricity
話	wa	conversation
五	go	five
一	ichi	one
四	yon	four
四	yon	four	Telephone 5144,
滑	kotsu	slide
稽	kei	think
堂	dō	temple	Kokkeidō

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Provenance: Artelino