About This Print
An untitled illustration insert (the print has the characteristic three horizontal folds) for an unidentified magazine, likely issued between 1915 and the early 1930s.
About Taishō-Era Bijinga Kuchi-e
Kendall Brown identifies the "golden age" of bijin kuchi-e, illustrations of beautiful women appearing in Taisho-era popular magazines, as the period between 1914 and 1921, with the genre continuing into the 1930s.For more information on this genre and popular magazines of the period see the article Bijin Kuchi-e and Taisho-Era Popular Magazines on this website.
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #1794 |
| Title or Description | Bijin and cherry tree (untitled) |
| Magazine or Novel | unknown |
| Artist | Hirezaki Eihō (1880-1968) |
| Signature |  |
| Seal | 晉司 Shinchi seal of the artist [reading of seal is not confirmed] |
| Date | c. 1915-early 1930s |
| Publisher | unknown |
| Carver | not applicable |
| Printer |  unread mark of the printer barely visible in lower right corner of printThe top three characters providing the name of the printing company likely read 精美堂 (Seibidō) with the remaining characters reading ロータリーオフセット印刷 (rotary offset printing). |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | good - removed from magazine; uneven trimming along right margin; small paper loss in upper left corner |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Genre | bijin kuchi-e |
| Format | |
| H x W Paper | 14 x 7 3/8 in. (35.6 x 18.7 cm) |
| H x W Image | 14 x 7 3/8 in. (35.6 x 18.7 cm) |
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| Reference Literature |
10/8/2020
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