Artist: Takeuchi Keishu
Title: Balmy Autumn Day
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Friday, 10 June 2005 Title Balmy Autumn Day kuchi-e Artist Keishu Takeuchi 1861-1942 Seal keishu Dated 1910 Publisher Bungei Kurabu Technique/Medium Woodblock print Impression excellent - very good Colors excellent - very good … silver colored metallic pigment Condition very good … slightly soiled, usual two horizontal kuchi-e folds, light creases on the upper background, several light moisture spots on the background. Description Illustration for the novel, "Koharu Biyori" (A Balmy Autumn Day). A lady is watching the falling red maple leaves. Width 8.9 inches = 22.5 cm Height 12.2 inches = 31.0 cm Literature Merritt, Helen; Nanako Yamada, "Woodblock Kuchi-e Prints: Reflections of Meiji Culture", Honolulu; University of Hawaii Press, 2000, ISBN 0-8248-2073-8, - image showed on the back cover and pl. 2.2
