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Meiji prints

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	Design:	Ikeda Shōen (1886-1917)
	Print title:	Lotus flowers and fair maidens
	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 kimono ornaments of the standing lady.

A similar design - but of course executed quite differently - can be seen in this print by Harunobu.

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: Lotus flowers and fair maidens.

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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