About This Print
Having just read the card on the table, she clutches her handkerchief in this illustration for a story titled Onshi no musume (My Teacher's Daughter), as printed in red below the artist's signature and seal, appearing in an unknown magazine. This bijin kuchi-e displays the characteristic tri-fold resulting from its insertion into a popular culture magazine (taishū zasshi).
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 | #1861 |
| Title or Description |  |
| Magazine | illustrating the story Onshi no musume in an unknown magazine |
| Artist | Igawa Sengai (1876-1961) |
| Signature |  |
| Seal | sealed 洗厓 Sengai (see above0 |
| Publication Date | c. 1915-eary 1930s |
| Edition | |
| Publisher | unknown |
| Printer | unknown |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | good |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Genre | bijin kuchi-e |
| Format | |
| H x W Paper | 11 13/16 x 8 3/8 in. (30 x 21.3 cm) |
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