Meiji prints
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Special effects: embossed fabric printing (nuno-me-zuri) on the white of the curtain in the background.
This print has a vertical fold in the middle, meaning that it originally was part of an orihon (i.e., folding book).
Published ca. Meiji 43 (1910) by Akiyama Buemon.
Artist’s name in lower right of the print:
Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
池 | ike | pond | |
田 | ta | rice field | Ikeda |
輝 | kagaya(ku) | shine | |
方 | kata | person | Terukata |
Series title in pink cartouche in right margin:
Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
江 | e | inlet, bay | |
戸 | do | door | Brocade |
の | no | of | pictures |
錦 | nishiki | brocade | of Edo |
Publisher’s address, telephone number and firm name (from right to left) in middle bottom margin:
Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
東 | tō | east | |
京 | kyō | capital | |
市 | shi | city | Tokyo city, |
日 | nichi | sun | |
本 | hon | origin | |
橋 | hashi | bridge | Nihonbashi |
區 | ku | district | 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 |
電 | den | electricity | |
話 | wa | conversation | |
本 | hon | origin | |
局 | kyoku | office | |
五 | go | five | |
一 | ichi | one | |
四 | shi | four | Telephone main |
四 | shi | four | office: 5144 |
滑 | katsu | slide | |
稽 | kei | think | |
堂 | dō | temple | Kokkeidō |
References
Provenance: The Arts and Designs of Japan website of Peter and Lois Gilder.