Artist: Mizuno Toshikata
Title: Smoking Beauty
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Saturday, 26 November 2005 Title Smoking Beauty kuchi-e Artist Toshikata Mizuno 1866-1908 Signature Toshikata Seal artist's seal Dated ca. 1900-1910s Technique/Medium Woodblock print Impression excellent Colors very good … elaborate shomen-zuri patterns on the hair and the sash, silver colored metallic pigment. Condition good … paper toning, some moisture stains, two vertical kuchi-e folds, thin album backing. Description Beauty is holding a long tobacco pipe. The elaborate sash tied in front of her signifies she is a courtesan. Illustration for a novel published in a magazine. Width 11.7 inches = 29.7 cm Height 8.9 inches = 22.5 cm
