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| Artist: | Zuigetsu Ikeda (1877-1944) — 瑞月池田 |
| Title: | Orchid 2 (given title; official title unknown) |
| Series: | |
| Date of first edition?: | 1950 (in the decade of) |
| Date of this artwork?: | 1950s/60s (may not be accurate) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Uchida — 内田 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Uchida — 内田 |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Large Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Large Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 43407 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Title Orchid
Provenance: Uchida Family Archives:
Artist Zuigetsu Ikeda 1877-1944
Signature "Zuigetsu".
Publisher Uchida.
Medium/Technique Woodblock print.
Description Hanging orchid rendered in vivid colors and exquisite bokashi. A trial proof of the first edition.
Zuigetsu was a fine Nihon-ga artist in Kyoto. He mainly did kacho-ga (bird and flower pictures).
Note Uchida Han is an important Japanese publishing company with branches in both Tokyo and Kyoto. Founded in 1919, the company is still in existence today as an active publisher of shin-hanga in addition to publishing re-strikes of Edo period ukiyo-e prints.
Width Item 11.2 inches = 28.5 cm
Height Item 15.0 inches = 38.0 cm |
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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:
Title Orchid
provenance: Uchida Family Archives:
Artist Zuigetsu Ikeda 1877-1944
Signature "Zuigetsu".
Publisher Uchida.
Medium/Technique Woodblock print.
Impression Excellent - Very good.
Colors Excellent.
Condition Very good ... Light ink residues on the margins. Slightly soiled.
Description Hanging orchid rendered in vivid colors and exquisite bokashi. A trial proof of the first edition.
Zuigetsu was a fine Nihon-ga artist in Kyoto. He mainly did kacho-ga (bird and flower pictures).
Note Uchida Han is an important Japanese publishing company with branches in both Tokyo and Kyoto. Founded in 1919, the company is still in existence today as an active publisher of shin-hanga in addition to publishing re-strikes of Edo period ukiyo-e prints.
Width Item 11.2 inches = 28.5 cm
Height Item 15.0 inches = 38.0 cm |
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