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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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
Provenance: Artelino