TERASAKI Kyogo -- "Summer Shade"

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Artist TERASAKI, Kyogo (1866-1919)
Title "Summer Shade" (given name)
Date 1908
Series "Bungei Kurabu" (literary magazine) vol.14, no.12
Publisher unk
Seal, Carver/Printer unk
Image Size 8 3/8 x 11 5/8
Impression Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading; "burnished" pattern to purple "obi;" visible woodgrain to green tree background; crisply detailed individual hair-lines.
Condition Very Good+++. Strong colors. (Few small marks; light soiling; and two folds typical of all "kuchi-e".) Top-tipped to backing.
Reference/Illus See Article #10: "Kuchi-e," or Literary Magazine Frontispieces.
Comments A young bijin stands in the cool of a summer shade tree.
Item # JS-2073
Price $150 (Sold/GH)