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| Notes (this edition) These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.: | Nasanu Naka by Hirezaki Eiho. Original woodblock print circa 1913. Fine condition. 8.4 x 5.5 inches. Good ink bleedthrough on thin washi. Extremely nice print. Probably better than the one illustrated on page 98 of the book "Woodblock Kuchi-e Prints" by Helen Merritt and Nanako Yamada. |
Title Natural Mother (Kuchi-e) Artist Eiho Hirezaki 1881-1968 Signature Eiho Seal artist's seal Dated ca. 1900 Publisher Bungei Kurabu Technique/Medium Woodblock print Impression excellent - very good Colors excellent - very good Condition excellent ... light toning Rating 1 = excellent Description A book illustration for the story, "Stepmother, Stepson" by Yanagawa which was published by Bungei Kurabu, a popular literary magazine in Meiji era. The story was a tear-jerking soap opera about the child custody battle between two mothers. The unfriendly description of the natural mother as a Westernized, rich, ego-maniac. The stepmother was depicted as a traditional, passive, helpless woman whom everone should sympathize with. Width 5.5 inches = 14.0 cm Height 8.7 inches = 22.0 cm Literature Merritt, Helen; Nanako Yamada, "Woodblock Kuchi-e Prints: Reflections of Meiji Culture", Honolulu; University of Hawaii Press, 2000, ISBN 0-8248-2073-8, - pl. 4.17, pg. 95 - 96 (the novel described) |