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Notes (1st edition)
Publisher (this edition): Takekawa Seikichi Takekawa Seikichi Takekawa Seikichi Takekawa Seikichi
Date of this item: 1884 1884 1884 1884
Notes (this edition)
These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.:
Artist: Kunichika (1835-1900)
Series: 54 Modern Feelings & Genji Chapters
Title or Subject: Chapter 12 - Suma
Signature or Seal: Signature
Date or Circa: 1884
Paper Size: 14 x 9 1/2 inches
Impression/Color/Condition: Good/Good/Good

Description: Margin trimming, album backing, good state
Artist: Kunichika
Date: 1884
Size/Format: Oban Tate-e
Description: Chapter 12 from the series '54 Modern Feelings (compared to the Genji Monogatari)'.
Series: Genji Goju-shi Jo (The fifty-four chapters of the Genji Story)
Publisher: Takegawa Seikichi
Condition: Retains Japanese album backing. Fine colour and condition.
Impression: Fine.
Notes: Telescopes were still considered an exotic Western novelty in Meiji Japan.
Toyohara Kunichika, (1835-1900)
Fifty-Four Modern Feelings
(Matched with the Fifty-Four Chapters of Genji)
Chapter 12: Suma
ca. 1884
35.9 x 24.2 cm.
This is a genuine, original woodblock print by Kunichika from 54 modern feelings. No reserve.

Date: 1884.

Series: Genji Goju-shi Jo (Fifty four modern feelings).

Description: Suma.

Measures approximately 14ins x 9.5ins.

Publisher: Takigawa Seikichi.

Trimming to lateral margins, toned, some staining, poor state.
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