About This Print
This bijin kuchi-e, with its characteristic tri-fold, appeared in the October 1915 issue of The Home Journal (Katei zasshi) published by Hakubunkan.
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.
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 | #2390 |
| Title or Description | An October Diary - Jūgatsu no nikki Note: title as given in Dangerous Beauties and Dutiful Wives: Popular Portraits of Women in Japan, 1905-1925, Kendall Brown, Dover Publications, Inc., 2011 |
| Magazine | Katei zasshi 家庭雑誌 (The Home Journal or Family Journal), Vol. 1, No. 5 |
| Artist | Ikeda Terukata (1883-1921) |
| Signature | not signed |
| Seal |  |
| Publication Date | October 1915 |
| Publisher | Hakubunkan |
| Printer | unknown |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent |
| Genre | bijin kuchi-e |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | |
| H x W Paper | 14 5/16 x 7 1/4 in. (36.4 x 18.4 cm) |
| Literature | Dangerous Beauties and Dutiful Wives: Popular Portraits of Women in Japan, 1905-1925, Kendall Brown, Dover Publications, Inc., 2011, pl. 23. |
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10/7/2020 created
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