About This Print
This kuchi-e with its characteristic tri-fold from being inserted in a book or magazine either illustrated a story or served as a promotional frontispiece.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 | #2389 |
Title or Description | Bijin with flower arrangement (untitled) |
Magazine | unknown |
Artist | Kikuchi Keigetsu (1879-1955) |
Signature | no signature |
Seal | 桂月 Keigetsu |
Publication Date | c. 1915-early 1930s |
Edition | |
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 | good - toning; light toxing; several small insect holes |
Miscellaneous | |
Genre | bijin kuchi-e |
Format | |
H x W Paper | 14 1/16 x 7 5/16 in. (35.7 x 18.6 cm) |
Collections This Print | |
Reference Literature |
10/8/2020 created