Design:	Takeuchi Keishū (1861-1943)
	Title:	New Year’s street musician
	Size:	30.1 x 22.2 cm (approximately aiban)
	Original woodblock print
	Photography:	Theo Janssen

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Enlargement

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Published in 1908 as a kuchi-e in the magazine Bungei Kurabu, vol. 14, no. 1.

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References

• Merritt, Helen, and Yamada, Nanako (2000). Woodblock Kuchi-e Prints. Reflections of Meiji culture. University of Hawai’i Press.

• Yamada, Nanako (2005). Survey of Woodblock Kuchi-e Prints. Tokyo: Bunsei Shoin Booksellers Co., Ltd.

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Provenance: Carolyn Staley Fine Japanese Prints