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Meiji prints

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	Design:	Ikeda Shōen (1886-1917)
	Print title:	A duet on the veranda
	Album/series title:	Yaekasumi (Multilayered mist)
	Size:	20.9 x 30.9 cm
	Original woodblock print
	Photography:	Jacques Commandeur

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Enlargement

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Special effects: silver metallic pigments on the stripes on the dress of the girl, on the obi and flowers of the kimono of the lady, and on her songbook.

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 pink 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 blue in bottom margin reading: A duet on the veranda.

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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