Meiji prints
| Design: | Ikeda Shōen (1886-1917) | |||||
| Album/series title: | Yaekasumi (Multilayered mist) | |||||
| Size: | 24.4 x 17.7 cm | |||||
| Photography: | Jacques Commandeur |
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This is the front cover of Ikeda Shōen’s Yaekasumi album published in Meiji 39 (1906) by Akiyama Buemon.
Name of the artist and album on the red slip of the front cover:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| や | ya | ||
| へ | he | ||
| か | ka | ||
| す | su | ||
| み | mi | Multilayered mist | |
| 榊*) | sakaki | sacred Shinto tree | |
| 原*) | hara | meadow | |
| 蕉*) | shō | plantain | |
| 園*) | en | garden | |
| 女 | nyō | By the female brush of | |
| 筆 | hitsu | brush | Sakakibara Shōen |
| 完*) | kan | complete | Complete |
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
*) With many thanks to Naoko and Shinji Ōba for their help in translating this kanji.