About This Print

This bijin kuchi-e with its characteristic tri-fold, is bound into the April 1918 issue of the popular women's magazine Fujin sekai (Women's World). This bijin kuchie serves as an illustration for the 5th installment of the serialized novel Reishō by Tengai Kosugi 小杉天外 (1865-1912) which ran in the magazine prior to its publication in three volumes from 1919 to 1921.

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Full length novel Reishō (installment 5)

by Tengai Kosugi (1865-1952)

Shirokane Goten

長篇小説 靈鐘 (五) 

小杉天外

白金御殿

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	#2400a
Title or Description	霛鐘 Reishō 霛鐘 [挿画] .. 池田 輝方 Reisho [insert] Ikeda Terukata
Magazine	Fujin sekai (Women's World), volume 13, number 5  婦人世界 第十三巻第五號
Artist	Ikeda Terukata (1883-1921)
Signature	輝方 Terukata
Seal	not sealed
Publication Date	April 1, 1918 大正七年四月一日
Publisher	Jitsugyō no Nihonsha  實業之日本社
Printer	unknown
Impression	excellent
Colors	excellent
Condition	excellent - bound into original magazine; characteristic tri-fold
Genre	bijin kuchi-e
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Format
H x W Paper	11 7/8 x 8 5/8 in. (30.2 x 21.9 cm)
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