Japanese Print "Outdoor Sketch — Bijin no Kogai Shasei" by Mizuno Toshikata
Artist:Mizuno Toshikata
Title:Outdoor Sketch — Bijin no Kogai Shasei
Date:1903
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Source:Japanese Art Open Database
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Friday, 16 December 2005 Title Outdoor Sketch kuchi-e Artist Toshikata Mizuno 1866-1908 Seal Toshikata Dated 1903 Publisher Bungei Kurabu Technique/Medium Woodblock print Impression very good Colors excellent - very good … fine gradations Condition good … light toning, two vertical folds usual for kuchi-e, upper left corner thin, light red transfer stain on the left, a light diagonal crease from the left top edge to the middle, a white circular ink stain (ca. 1 inch diameter) and a pin size white ink stain on the lower right. Description "Bijin no Kogai Shasei" A lady is drawing sketches in the outdoor. Illustration for a novel in Bungei Kurabu vol.9, #9. Bungei Kurabu was a very popular literary magazine in Meiji-Showa era. Width 12.2 inches = 31.0 cm Height 8.7 inches = 22.0 cm