About This Print
This bijin kuchi-e with its characteristic tri-fold, resulting from its insertion into a popular culture magazine (taishū zasshi), is a reproduction of an original painting on silk by the artist and likely served as a frontispiece in an unknown magazine.
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.
Comparison of original painting on silk (left) with its print reproduction (right)
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #1345 |
| Title or Description | Bijin with letter (untitled) |
| Magazine | unknown |
| Artist | Ikeda Terukata (1883-1921) |
| Signature | not signed |
| Seal |  輝方 Terukata |
| Publication Date | c. 1915-early 1930s |
| Publisher | unknown |
| Printer |  東京精美堂ロータリーオフセット印刷 Tokyo Seibidō Rotary Offset Printing |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent |
| Genre | bijin kuchi-e 雑誌口絵 |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | |
| H x W Paper | 14 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (36.2 x 19.1 cm) |
| Literature | |
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10/7/2020
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