Meiji prints
| Design: | Terasaki Kōgyō (1866-1919) | |||||
| Title: | Sea-bathing beauty | |||||
| Size: | 33.7 x 23.0 cm | |||||
| Posthumous printing from newly carved blocks | ||||||
| Photography: | Jacques Commandeur |
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Originally published by Hakubunkan in 1903 as a kuchi-e in the magazine Bungei Kurabu, vol. 9, no. 10. Published later, this reprint lacks the two folds normally found in traditional kuchi-e prints.
Artist’s signature in right print area:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 廣 | kō | wide | |
| 業 | gyō | occupation | Kōgyō |
Followed by red artist seal in which the kanji read:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 宋 | sō | dwell | |
| 山 | san | mountain | Sōzan (or Shūzan) |
As mentioned on the accompanying folder, the title of the print is:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 美 | bi | beautiful | |
| 人 | jin | person | |
| の | no | ’s | |
| 海 | kai | sea | |
| 水 | sui | water | |
| 浴 | yoku | bathe | Sea-bathing beauty |
References
- Merritt, Helen, and Yamada, Nanako (2000). Woodblock Kuchi-e Prints. Reflections of Meiji culture. University of Hawai’i Press.
- Yamada, Nanako (2005, p.307). Survey of Woodblock Kuchi-e Prints. Tokyo: Bunsei Shoin Booksellers Co., Ltd.
Provenance: Seller mankai8882002 on Buyee