A collector of old foreign language books, Kawakami loved depicting the objects he found in them.  This print uses a number of the artist's favorite objects -  lamps, jars, a clock, and geisha.  The Yokohama Museum of Art has a hand-colored version of this print shown below.

In addition to numerous prints depicting these objects, Kawakami devoted an entire book to the lamp (ranpu ランプ) as can be seen in the below images. 

Print Details

IHL Catalog	#959
Title	untitled (Lamps, jars, clock, geisha)
Series	n/a
Artist	Sumio Kawakami 川上澄生 (1895-1972)
Signature	川上澄夫 artist's name is penciled on verso
Seal	Sumi seal
Publication Date	c. 1958
Edition	unknown
Publisher	self-published
Carver	self-carved
Printer	self-printed
Impression	excellent
Colors	excellent
Condition	excellent - slight wrinkling
Genre	sosaku hanga (creative print)
Miscellaneous
Format
H x W Paper	11 x 7 3/4 in. (27.9 x 19.7 cm)
H x W Image	4 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. (12.1 x 27.3 cm)
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