Meiji prints
| Design: | Mizuno Hidekata (1875-1944) | |||||
| Print title: | Vernal Equinox | |||||
| Album/series title: | Katei no Hana (Household flowers) | |||||
| Size: | 21.3 x 31.6 cm (ōban) | |||||
| Original woodblock print | ||||||
| Photography: | Jacques Commandeur |
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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 in Meiji 40 (1907) by Akiyama Buemon.
Artist’s name in lower right of the print:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 秀 | hiide(ru) | excel | |
| 方 | kata | person | Hidekata |
followed by red Hidekata seal reading:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 秀 | hiide(ru) | excel | |
| 方 | kata | person | |
| 女 | onna | woman | Ms. Hidekata |
Series title and print number in light green cartouche in right margin:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 家 | ka | house | |
| 庭 | tei | garden | |
| の | no | ’s | |
| 花 | hana | flower | Household flowers, |
| 三 | san | three | Three |
Publisher’s address and firm name in middle of bottom margin:
| 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, |
| 滑 | kotsu | slide | |
| 稽 | kei | think | |
| 堂 | dō | temple | Kokkeidō |
English print title ‘Vernal Equinox’ in left bottom margin.
Provenance: Rare Illustrated Books