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Red Plum in the Cold
by Hirezaki Eiho

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	Artist:	Hirezaki Eiho — 鰭崎英朋
	Title:	Red Plum in the Cold
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	1910
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Unknown — 不明
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Unknown — 不明
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Large Oban
	Format (this edition):	Large Oban
	DB artwork code:	40602
	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: Monday, 21 May 2007 Title Red Plum in the Cold - Kuchi-e rare long size Artist Eiho Hirezaki 1881-1968 Signature Eiho Seal Artist's seal Dated 1900-1910 Medium/Technique Woodblock print Impression excellent Colors excellent - very good … shomen-zuri patterns on the hair, silver colored metallic pigment Condition very good … paper toning, horizontal center fold, soiled, light creases around the center fold and at the lower left margin, not backed. Description "Kan Kobai" (Red Plum in the Cold). Beauty just opened shoji-screen and found red plums flowering under the white snow. Rare narrow - long size kuchi-e. Eiho was a leading kuchi-e illustrator along with Kaburagi Kiyokata. His superb talent expressed his subjects with subtle feelings and the dramatic environments in most natural and elegant ways. Width Item 6.5 inches = 16.5 cm Height Item 19.3 inches = 49.0 cm