IKEDA Terukata -- "Beauty Gazing at the Beach"

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Artist IKEDA, Terukata (1883-1921)
Title "Beauty Gazing at the Beach"
(given name)
Date c1900
Series na
Publisher unk
Seal, Carver/Printer unk
Image Size 8 1/2 x 11 7/8
Impression Very Fine. Superbly executed "bokashi" shading to kimono, face, trees, and background; "burnishing" to hair; crisply detailed lines.
Condition Excellent. Wonderful colors.
(Small damage left edge; without the two folds typical of most "kuchi-e".)
Reference/Illus See Article #10: "Kuchi-e," or Literary Magazine Frontispieces.
Comments A beauty gazes longingly from the beach. Ikeda was a student of Toshikata, and later himself became the teacher of Paul Jacoulet.
Item # CG-933
Price $250 (Sold)