About This Print
Source: Takehisa Yumeji, Nozomi Naoi, et. al., Brill, 2015, p. 108.
This print appeared in the October 1924 issue of The Ladie's Graphic, a magazine targeted to women covering "international news, matters relating to the lifestyle of the 'contemporary' woman as well as information about cuisine and current styles in clothing, hair and make-up." Yumeji contributed illustrations to the magazine starting with its first issue in May 1924. Yumeji's designs were printed separately by woodblock and tipped into the page, as can be seen below. This collection's print, as does the print tipped into the actual magazine (show below), does not carry an artist's seal. The print in the collection of the Amsterdam museum Nihon no hanga, however, carries the artist's "tomoe" seal. (Also see below.)
Nihon no hanga collection with artist's tomoe seal
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #1725 |
| Title | Spring Glance Haru no me 春の眼 |
| Series | from the magazine The Ladies' Graphic, Volume 2, No. 6, October 1924 Fujin Gurafu 婦人グラフ1巻6号 |
| Artist | Takehisa Yumeji (1884-1934) |
| Signature | not signed - Yumeji's name 竹久夢二 is printed on the magazine page the print is tipped into, as shown above. |
| Seal | not sealed |
| Publication Date | 1924 |
| Edition | first |
| Publisher | Kokusai Jōhōsha |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent |
| Genre | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | |
| H x W Paper | 9 1/8 x 4 7/16 in. (23.2 x 11.3 cm) |
| H x W Image | 8 3/4 x 4 1/8 in. (22.2 x 10.5 cm) |
| Collections This Print | |
| Reference Literature | Takehisa Yumeji, Nozomi Naoi, et. al., Brill, 2015, fig. 1.5, p. 14. |
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