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Title |
"Autumn Rain" ("Aki no Ame") |
Date |
April 1878 |
Series |
"Mirror of the Flowering of Manners and Customs" ("Kaika Ninjo Kagami") |
Publisher |
Kobayashi Tetsujiro |
Seal, Carver/Printer |
Watanabe Eizo |
Image Size |
9 1/2 x 14 |
Impression |
Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading to sky, cartouche, and face; visible woodgrain to grey sky; "burnishing" to black lower garment and to falling rain streaks; amazingly detailed carving of individual hairlines. |
Condition |
Very Good++. Excellent colors. Full, original margins (per "kento" marks right and lower right). (Minor marks; light wear; light toning.) |
Reference/Illus |
"Kunichika--Time Present and Time Past, Images of a Forgotten Master"--similar to pl# 20, p60. |
Comments |
Charming "bijin-ga" image, with tiny child carried high upon mother's back, sheltered from the falling rain by her scarf. |
Item # |
MF-03 |
Price |
$425 (OR best offer by 8/05/03) |
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