About This Print
From a series of at least seven prints incorporating a fan motif and a hiragana character, in this case the character "ka" か which appears right reading on the fan and in its mirror image to the left of the fan. Ōuchi has borrowed the image of the beautiful courtesan entertaining herself with calligraphy from a c. 1794 woodblock titled Portrait of Kasen of Ogiya, a Celebrated Yoshiwara Beauty by the artist Chōbunsai Eishi (1756–1829).
Other prints in this series use the characters "re" れ, "ke" け, "ri" り, "fu" ふ, "e" え and "ni" に.
Portrait of Kasen of Ogiya, a Celebrated Yoshiwara Beauty, c. 1794
Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)
Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #884 |
| Title or Description | Fan - か (ka) |
| Artist | Ōuchi Makoto (1926-1989) |
| Signature | Ouchi M (in pencil) |
| Seal of Artist | no seal |
| Publication Date | c. 1975 (not dated) |
| Edition | 68 of 100 |
| Publisher | self-published |
| Printer | self-printed |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent - minor mat burn; two tape remnants top verso; minor crease top margin |
| Genre | contemporary |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | |
| H x W Paper | 24 3/4 x 19 3/8 in. (62.9 x 50.2 cm) |
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