Meiji prints
| Design: | Ikeda Shōen (1886-1917) | |||||
| Title: | The end of spring | |||||
| Size: | 29.8 x 21.8 cm (kikuban) | |||||
| Original woodblock print | ||||||
| Photography: | Jacques Commandeur |
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Published in 1913 as a kuchi-e in the magazine Bungei Kurabu, vol. 19, no. 16.
Artist’s signature and red Shōen seal in right print area:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 焦 | shō | fire | |
| 園 | en | garden | Shōen |
References
- Merritt, Helen, and Yamada, Nanako (2000, p.143). Woodblock Kuchi-e Prints. Reflections of Meiji culture. University of Hawai’i Press.
- Yamada, Nanako (2005, p.294). Survey of Woodblock Kuchi-e Prints. Tokyo: Bunsei Shoin Booksellers Co., Ltd.
Provenance: Fuji Arts