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Meiji prints

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	Design:	Ikeda Shōen (1886-1917)
	Print title:	Title page/Table of contents
	Album/series title:	Yaekasumi (Multilayered mist)
	Size:	21.0 x 30.7 cm
	Original woodblock print
	Photography:	Jacques Commandeur

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Enlargement

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This print displays the title and table of contents of the Yaekasumi album, including the titles of the twelve prints.

Artist name in first column from the right, followed by series title in second column, and the word Index in third column:

Character	Reading	Meaning	Translation
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
や	ya
へ	he
か	ka
す	su
み	mi		Multilayered mist
目	moku	eye
録	roku	record	Index

The last column from the right contains the firm name of the publisher:

Character	Reading	Meaning	Translation
滑	kotsu	slide
稽	kei	think
堂	dō	temple	Kokkeidō
梓	azusa	woodblock printing	woodblock printing

Followed by a red seal with the name of the publisher:

Character	Reading	Meaning	Translation
あ	a
き	ki
や	ya
万	man	ten thousand	Akiyama

And a red seal with the name of the carver:

Character	Reading	Meaning	Translation
彫	ho(ru)	carve
匠	shō	artisan	Carver:
宗	mune	religion
岡	oka	hill	Muneoka

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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

^*) With many thanks to Naoko and Shinji Ōba for their help in translating this kanji.