Design:
Mizuno Toshikata (1866-1908)
Title:
Jakkō-in temple
Size:
22.4 x 29.8 cm (approximately aiban)
Original woodblock print
Photography:
Theo Janssen
Enlargement
Special effects: burnishing on hair, and silver highlights on kimono.
Published in 1901 as a kuchi-e in the magazine Bungei Kurabu, vol. 7, no. 13.
Red seal with artist’s name in right print area:
Character
Reading
Meaning
Translation
年
toshi
year
方
kata
person
Toshikata
References
Merritt, Helen, and Yamada, Nanako (2000). Woodblock Kuchi-e Prints. Reflections of Meiji culture. University of Hawai’i Press.
Stephens, Amy (1993). The New Wave: Twentieth-century Japanese Prints from the Robert O. Muller Collection. London: Bamboo Publishing.
Yamada, Nanako (2005). Survey of Woodblock Kuchi-e Prints. Tokyo: Bunsei Shoin Booksellers Co., Ltd.
Provenance: Chris Uhlenbeck’s
Hotei Japanese Prints