Artist: Tsukioka Kogyo
Title: Beach Girl
Date: Not set
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Friday, 5 August 2005 Title Beach Girl kuchi-e Artist Kogyo Terazaki 1866-1919 Signature Kogyo Dated ca. 1900-1910s Technique/Medium Woodblock print Impression very good Colors good Condition good - fair … two horizontal folds usual for kuchi-e, lightly soiled, album backing partially removed, worm track on the left background, top and bottom area trimmed. Description Book illustration (kuchi-e) of a girl enjoying the natural beauty of a beach. The purple stripes of the basing suit is a variant of the more common red stripes in this design. Width 8.5 inches = 21.5 cm Height 11.6 inches = 29.5 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. 177, pl. 6.33
