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Beneath the flowering cherry
by Tsutsui Toshimine (1863-1934)

	Artist:	Tsutsui Toshimine (1863-1934)
	Title:	Beneath the flowering cherry
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	1908
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Not Set
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Not Set
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Kuchi-e
	Format (this edition):	Kuchi-e
	DB artwork code:	37984
	Notes (first edition)?:
	Notes (this edition)?:	The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies: Saturday, 27 August 2005 Title Beneath Flowers kuchi-e Artist Toshimine Tsutsui 1863-1934 Signature Toshimine Seal artist's seal Dated ca. 1900 - 1910 Technique/Medium Woodblock print Impression excellent - very good Colors very good Condition good … light soil, two horizontal folds usual for kuchi-e, worm tracks (ca. 1 inch long) on the top margin and on the middle right area under the tree trunk, album backing. Description A lady is leaning against a flowering cherry tree. She is wearing interesting mixture of Japanese traditional and Western attire. The typical college student fashion in the late Meiji. 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, - pl. 6.18