About This Print
One of twenty posthumous large-format prints created between 1978-19801 by the Kyoto publisher Kyoto Hanga-In, after earlier Yumeji illustrations. These large-format prints are part of the series titled Takehisa Yumeji moku-hanga shu 竹下夢二木版画集 (A Collection of Takehisa Yumeji's Pictures in Woodblock Print).Each print was packaged in an envelope (see below) along with an explanatory insert (see below) and a decorative protective sheet.
[Note: for photos of how each print is packaged by the publisher, Kyoto Hanga-in, see Waiting for Spring from the series A Collection of Takehisa Yumeji's Pictures in Woodblock Print.]
1 Daiwa Shinagawa, President of Kyoto Hanga-In, confirmed the publication date for this print as between 1978-1980 in response to my inquiry made on May 1, 2012. She also confirmed that the series consisted of 20 prints.
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Explanatory insert by Ogura Tadao 小倉 忠夫
(Note: I believe Ogura Tadao was the director of the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto)
Explanatory insert by Ogura Tadao 小倉 忠夫
(Note: I believe Ogura Tadao was the director of the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto)
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Envelope and print number on envelope verso
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Envelope and print number on envelope verso
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Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #685 |
| Title/Description | Evening Cool (Yūsuzumi 夕涼み) |
| Series | Takehisa Yumeji moku-hanga shu 竹下夢二木版画集 (A Collection of Takehisa Yumeji's Pictures in Woodblock Print) |
| Artist | Takehisa Yumeji (1884-1934) |
| Signature | Yumeji |
| Seal |   |
| Publication Date | 1978-1980. Published posthumously. Date of original drawing is unknown. |
| Edition | not numbered |
| Publisher |   Shinagawa seal (family name of publisher) |
| Carver |  (possibly the carver Endō Kōkyoku according to the article "Shin Hanga Carvers and Printers" and its accompanying table on the website http://shinhanga.net/Ac-p/c02.htm) Printer's name is identified in left column as: suru Itōtomo 摺 伊藤智 (possibly the printer Itō Tomorō b. 1933 and adopted by the printer Itō Toraji around 1957 according to the article "Shin Hanga Carvers and Printers" and its accompanying table on the website http://shinhanga.net/Ac-p/p05.htm) |
| Printer | see above |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent - one spot of foxing to the left of figure's coiffure |
| Genre | fukusei hanga |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | dai-oban |
| H x W Paper | 19 1/8 x 15 1/4 in. (48.6 x 38.7 cm) |
| H x W Image | 15 5/8 x 13 5/8 in. (39.7 x 34.6 cm) |
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