About This Print
Asai's print of a woman peddler from Ohara carrying a load of firewood, appearing in volume one Kyōto no maki of the three volume set of "sketch tour" books titled Kinai kenbutsu (Scenes of the Inner Provinces), published by Kanao Tanejirō (1879-1947) (the publishing house Bunendō) in 1911 and 1912. It is a re-working of the artist's 1908 print, shown below, which appeared in the design book Mokugo zuan shū published by Unsōdō.
Oharame by Asai Chū from Mokugo zuan shū 黙語図案集
published by Unsōdō 芸艸堂, 1908
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image source: National Museum of Asian, The World of the Japanese Illustrated Book Art FSC-GR-780.40
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #2398a |
| Title or Description | Oharame 大原女 |
| Series | Woodblock print bound into the illustrated book Kinai kenbutsu, Kyōto no maki [Scenes of Kyōto, Volume 1] |
| Artist | Asai Chū (1856-1907) |
| Signature | not signed |
| Seal |  |
| Publication Date | February 5, 1911 |
| Edition | first |
| Publisher | 發行者 金尾種次郎 publisher Kanao Tanejirō 發兌元 金尾文淵堂 publishing house Kanao Bun'endō |
| Carver | Igami Bonkatsu 伊上几骨 (伊上凡骨) |
| Printer | Nishimura Kumakichi 西村熊吉 |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent - horizontal trifold (as inserted in book) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Genre | ehon 絵本 |
| Format | |
| H x W Paper | 11 7/8 x 8 5/8 in. (30.2 x 21.9 cm) |
| H x W Image | |
| Collections | National Diet Library 765548 Call No. 330-327 (Kyoto volume); Freer|Sackler FSC-GR-780.910.1-6; Rijksmuseum RP-P-2005-584A; The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto M00778; The British Museum 1991,1112,0.137.2; Stanford University Japanese Collection DS897 .K84 K56 |
| Reference Literature |
6/28/2021
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