Notes (this edition) These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.: | Monday, 27 October 2008
Title Outdoor Sketch kuchi-e Artist Toshikata Mizuno 1866-1908 Biography Seal Artist's seal (Toshikata). Dated 1903. Publisher Bungei Kurabu. Medium/Technique Woodblock print. Impression Excellent - very good. Colors Excellent - very good. Condition Very good … Light toning, two vertical folds usual for kuchi-e, slightly creased, a smudge on the lower left, not backed. Description "Bijin no Kogai Shasei". A beauty is drawing sketches in the outdoor. Illustration for a novel in Bungei Kurabu vol.9, #9. Bungei Kurabu was a very popular literary magazine in Meiji-Showa era. Width Item 12.0 inches = 30.5 cm Height Item 8.9 inches = 22.5 cm |
Friday, 16 December 2005
Title Outdoor Sketch kuchi-e Artist Toshikata Mizuno 1866-1908 Seal Toshikata Dated 1903 Publisher Bungei Kurabu Technique/Medium Woodblock print Impression very good Colors excellent - very good … fine gradations Condition good … light toning, two vertical folds usual for kuchi-e, upper left corner thin, light red transfer stain on the left, a light diagonal crease from the left top edge to the middle, a white circular ink stain (ca. 1 inch diameter) and a pin size white ink stain on the lower right. Description "Bijin no Kogai Shasei" A lady is drawing sketches in the outdoor. Illustration for a novel in Bungei Kurabu vol.9, #9. Bungei Kurabu was a very popular literary magazine in Meiji-Showa era. Width 12.2 inches = 31.0 cm Height 8.7 inches = 22.0 cm
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Saturday, 26 November 2005
Title Outdoor Sketch kuchi-e Artist Toshikata Mizuno 1866-1908 Seal Toshikata Dated ca. 1900-1910 Technique/Medium Woodblock print Impression very good Colors very good … fine gradations Condition very good … paper toning, slight toning line visible in the image, two vertical folds usual for kuchi-e, not backed. Description "Bijin no Kogai Shasei" A lady is drawing sketches in the outdoor. Width 11.8 inches = 30.0 cm Height 8.7 inches = 22.0 cm
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