About This Print
An untitled illustration insert (the print has the characteristic three horizontal folds) from an unidentified magazine, likely issued between 1915 and the early 1920s. The image reminds of me of the below print by Kitagawa Utamaro (early 1750s-1806) titled A Wife of the Lower Rank (Gebon no nyōbō), from the series A Guide to Women's Contemporary Styles (Tōsei onna fūzoku tsū), c. 1801-1802.
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.
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Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #1793 |
| Title/Description | Bijin threading a needle (untitled) |
| Magazine | unknown |
| Artist | Migita Toshihide (1863-1925) |
| Signature | not signed |
| Seal |  |
| Date | c. 1915-early 1920s |
| Publisher | unknown |
| Printer | unknown |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | good - removed from magazine; uneven trimming along right margin; small paper loss in uppper left corner; small tear bottom center |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Genre | bijin kuchi-e |
| Format | |
| H x W Paper | 11 1/8 x 8 3/4 in. (28.3 x 22.2 cm) |
| H x W Image | 11 1/8 x 8 3/4 in. (28.3 x 22.2 cm) |
| Collections This Print | |
| Reference Literature |
10/8/2020
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