Meiji prints
| Design: | Ikeda Shōen (1886-1917) | |||||
| Print title: | Schoolgirls homeward bound | |||||
| Album/series title: | Yaekasumi (Multilayered mist) | |||||
| Size: | 21.0 x 31.0 cm | |||||
| Original woodblock print | ||||||
| Photography: | Jacques Commandeur |
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Special effects: silver metallic pigments on the hair bows and the things she carries in the left hand of the girl on the right and on the dress of the girl in the middle.
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 grey cartouche in right margin:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| や | ya | ||
| へ | he | ||
| 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: Schoolgirls homeward bound.
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.
Provenance: Artelino