Meiji prints


  Design: Ikeda Shōen (1886-1917)  
  Print title: A rainy morning in spring  
  Album/series title: Yaekasumi (Multilayered mist)  
  Size: 20.9 x 30.9 cm  
  Original woodblock print    
  Photography: Jacques Commandeur
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Ikeda Shoen Yaekasumi A rainy morning in spring

Enlargement


Special effects: silver metallic pigments on hair ornament, obi and flowers on underkimono; burnishing on hair, kimono collar, and obi.

Artist’s signature and two red artist’s seals with the name of the artist in left 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    
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 rainy morning in spring.


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

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