About This Print

This bijin kuchi-e, with its characteristic tri-fold, appeared as a New Year's supplement on January 1, 1917 to the newspaper Niigata Nippō.

The publishing information about this print appeared in the top right and bottom left margins which have been trimmed from this print. A low resolution photo of the print with its margins, taken from a Yahoo auction, is shown below.

The print with untrimmed margins

click on image for detail of right margin

enhanced detail left margin with name of unidentified printing company 大?印刷所刷印

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	#2102
Title or Description	New Year's Supplement to the Niigata Nippō  元旦新潟日報付録
Magazine	Niigata Nippō 新潟日報
Artist	Ikeda Terukata (1883-1921)
Signature	輝方 Terukata
Seal	輝方 Terukata
Publication Date	January 1, 1917 大正六年一月一日
Publisher	Niigata Nippōsha 新潟日報社
Printer	unknown
Impression	excellent
Colors	excellent
Condition	fair - margins trimmed; paper wrinkling throughout; 1/16" hole upper left corner
Genre	bijin kuchi-e
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Format
H x W Paper	18 1/2 x 13 1/16 in. (47 x 33.2 cm)
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