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Meiji prints

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	Design:	Ikeda Terukata (1883-1921)
	Print title:	Twilight on a bridge
	Album/series title:	Edo no Nishiki (Brocade pictures of Edo)
	Size:	22.8 x 31.7 cm (ōban)
	Original woodblock print
	Photography:	Jacques Commandeur

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Enlargement

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Special effects: silver metallic pigments on the obi; embossed fabric printing (nuno-me-zuri) on the lady’s kimono.

Published in 1903 by Akiyama Buemon.

This print has a vertical fold in the middle, meaning that it originally was issued as part of an orihon (i.e., folding book).

Artist’s name in lower left of the print area:

Character	Reading	Meaning	Translation
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	kotsu	slide
稽	kei	think
堂	dō	temple	Kokkeidō

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References

• Newland, Amy Reigle, and Shinji, Hamanaka (2000). The female image. Leiden: Hotei Publishing.

• Newland, Amy Reigle (2021). Printed and painted. The Meiji art of Ogata Gekkō (1859-1920). Leiden: Hotei Publishing.

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Provenance: The Arts and Designs of Japan website of Peter and Lois Gilder.