Notes (this edition) These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.: | Title Beauty with Lantern kuchi-e Artist Keishu Takeuchi 1861-1942 Seal Artis's seal (Keishu). Dated Ca. 1900 - 1910s. Medium/Technique Woodblock print. Impression Excellent - very good. Colors Very good … burnishing. Condition Good … slightly soiled, creased, three horizontal folds usual for kuchi-e, stains on the left area, a heavy horizontal crease in the middle, a stain on the middle left, not backed. Description Beauty is holding a hand lantern. Width Item 8.5 inches = 21.7 cm Height Item 12.2 inches = 31.1 cm Related Article Kuchi-e |
Date Sold Wednesday, July 29, 2009 Title Beauty with Lantern kuchi-e Artist Keishu Takeuchi 1861-1942 Seal Artis's seal (Keishu). Dated Ca. 1900 - 1910s. Medium/Technique Woodblock print. Impression Very good. Colors Very good. Condition Good … Lightly wavy and soiled. Backed by a decorative paper. Two horizontal kuchi-e folds and two other horizontal folds. Description Beauty is holding a hand lantern. Width Item 8.7 inches = 22.0 cm Height Item 11.4 inches = 29.0 cm Width Mat 9.6 inches = 24.5 cm Height Mat 13.0 inches = 33.0 cm |
Saturday, 17 July 2010
Artist - Takeuchi Keishu Image Size - 12" x 8 3/4" + margins as shown Condition - With excellent color and detail as shown. Backed with somewhat stiff board. Several fold/crease areas in subject. Some staining at all edges as shown (see photo). Otherwise good. |
Title: Beauty with Lantern
Description A beauty holding a portable lantern is walking in a corridor next to a painted fusuma-screens. The light illuminates her red lipstick with green sheen. Kuchi-e (frontispiece illustration) was made for the popular literary magazines largely aimed at the female readers in Meiji-Taisho era. They were published by newly established publishers such as Bungei Kurabu, Shunyodo and Suzando. These publishing companies; among which Chuo-koronsha, Kodansha, Shinchosha still exist; published not only literary subjects but also many different everyday subjects such as cooking, sewing and hobbies as monthly publications.
Seal: Artis's seal (Keishu).
Dated: Ca. 1900 - 1910s.
Technique: Woodblock print
Width Item: 8.7 inches = 22.2 cm
Height Item: 12.8 inches = 32.5 cm |