Artist: Suzuki Kason
Title: Cuckoo
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Title Cuckoo (Kuchi-e) Artist Kason Suzuki 1860-1919 Seal artist's seal Dated ca. 1900 - 1910 Impression excellent - very good Colors excellent - very good Condition very good … slight soil, two horizontal folds usual for kuchi-e, top left corner thin, top right corner repaired. Description A lady is drying colorful cloth. A cuckoo (harbinger of the summer) is flying by. Width 8.7 inches = 22.0 cm Height 12.0 inches = 30.5 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, - pg. 165, pl. 6.24
