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| Artist: | Eisen Tomioka (1864-1905) — 富岡永洗 |
| Title: | A Woman in Grey |
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| Date of first edition?: | 17/05/1911 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Not Set |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Not Set |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Kuchi-e
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| Format (this edition): | Kuchi-e |
| DB artwork code: | 38879 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
| From the novel Yureito 『幽霊塔』（ゆうれいとう） by Kuroiwa Ruiko (黒岩涙香), a translation of the novel "A Woman in Grey" (1898) by Alice Muriel Williamson. |
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| Notes (this edition)?: |
| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Sunday, 5 February 2006
Kuchi-e: The Severed Head
Artist: Tomioka Eisen
Format: Aiban yoko-e: 9" x 13" approx
Subject: A bizarre design with an ancient bearded European man showing a severed head to a formally dressed European man.
Tomioka Eisen was born in Nagano prefecture under the name of Hidetaro. He went to Tokyo to study drafting and was employed by the army as a civilian. Later he resigned from the army and became a full time illustrator. Most of his works were illustrations for newspapers, journals and kuchi-e.
Date: c.1900
Condition: Fine. Never folded.
Colour: Fine
Impression: Fine
Estimated Value: ｣150 - ｣250 |
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