Design:	Mizuno Toshikata (1866-1908)
	Title:	Jakkō-in temple
	Size:	22.4 x 29.8 cm (approximately aiban)
	Original woodblock print
	Photography:	Theo Janssen

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Enlargement

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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

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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.

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Provenance: Chris Uhlenbeck’s Hotei Japanese Prints