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Outdoor Sketch — Bijin no Kogai Shasei
by Toshikata Mizuno (1866-1908) Shosetsu

	Artist:	Toshikata Mizuno (1866-1908) Shosetsu — 年方水野
	Title:	Outdoor Sketch — Bijin no Kogai Shasei
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	1903
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Bungei Kurabu — 文芸倶楽部
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Bungei Kurabu — 文芸倶楽部
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Kuchi-e
	Format (this edition):	Kuchi-e
	DB artwork code:	38715
	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: 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