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Meiji prints

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	Design:	Ikeda Shōen (1886-1917)
	Print title:	A quiet talk over the brazier
	Album/series title:	Yaekasumi (Multilayered mist)
	Size:	21.0 x 31.0 cm
	Original woodblock print
	Photography:	Jacques Commandeur

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Enlargement

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Special effects: silver metallic pigments on the folding screen, the table in the foreground, the book on the floor, the flowers on the brazier, the chopsticks, the underkimono of the lady on the left, and the red cushion of the lady on the right.

Artist’s signature and two red artist’s seals with the name of the artist in right print area:

Character	Reading	Meaning	Translation
蕉	shō	plantain
園	en	garden	Shōen

Series title in purple cartouche in right margin:

Character	Reading	Meaning	Translation
や	ya
い	i
か	ka
す	su
み	mi		Multilayered mist

Publisher’s address and firm name (from right to left) 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
區	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 in red in bottom margin reading: A quiet talk over the bragier. This is clearly a typo and should read: A quiet talk over the brazier.

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References

• Merritt, Helen, and Yamada, Nanako (1992). Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1900 - 1975. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press.

• Narazaki, Muneshige, ed. (1990). Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in Western collections. The Robert O. Muller Collection. Tokyo: Kodansha International.

• Newland, Amy Reigle, and Shinji, Hamanaka (2000). The female image. Leiden: Hotei Publishing.

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Provenance: Artelino