About This Print
From an album of twelve prints, this print is one of eight collotype prints in the album, all of which are reproductions of paintings by Kiyokata. I have not been able to locate the original painting which this print is a reproduction of.The Artist's Notes
The album includes explanations in Japanese by Kiyokata about his intentions and drawing techniques for each of the prints. His notes on this print are reproduced below.
About the Album of Beauties by Kiyokata 清方美人画譜, 1914
This album of twelve small prints, four woodblock prints and eight three-color collotypes, was issued in May 1914 by Nihon Bijutsu Gakuin 日本美術学院, the correspondence fine arts school founded by the novelist Taguchi Kikutei (1875-1943) (the pen name of Taguchi Kyōjirō), and for which Kiyokata taught.
For detailed information on the album see this collection's print Dormitory in Spring Rain from the Album of Beauties by Kyokata.
| IHL Catalog | #1824 | |||
| Title or Description |  First Snow 初雪 | |||
| Series | Album of Beauties by Kiyokata 清方美人画譜 Kiyokata bijin gafu | |||
| Artist | Kaburaki Kiyokata (1878-1972) | |||
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| Seal | Kiyokata 清方 oval seal (see above) | |||
| Publication Date |  Published May 5, 1914 大正三年五月五日發行 [as shown in the colophon to the album] | |||
| Edition | first and only | |||
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| Impression | excellent | |||
| Colors | excellent | |||
| Condition | excellent | |||
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| Genre | fukusei hanga | |||
| Format | chuban | |||
| H x W Paper | 8 5/16 x 3 1/4 in. (21.1 x 8.3 cm) | |||
| H x W Image | 8 1/16 x 3 in. (20.5 x 7.62 cm) | |||
| Collections This Print | Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery S2003.8.400 and FSC-GR-780.134; British Museum 1991,0805,0.18; National Diet Library Call No. 109-280 | |||
| Reference Literature |
copied from colophon
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