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).This design may be after a design originally done in 1913 for a series of postcards titled Postcards by Yumeji Series 26: Women in Four Seasons (Moonrise).
In commenting on Yumeji's women, Lawrence Smith perceives "a subtle transference of European facial expression" even when the women are placed in traditional settings as in this work.2
Margin Inscriptions
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.
2 The Japanese Print Since 1900: Old dreams and newvisions, Lawrence Smith, British Museum Publications Ltd., 1983, jp. 20.Margin Inscriptions
 A Collection of Takehisa Yumeji's Pictures in Woodblock Print |  Kyoto Hanga-in, O-Edo ban followed by the carver's name Endo Kokyoku and the printer's name Ito Tomorō. An old-style circular kiwame approval seal has been used on top. |
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #509 |
| Title | The Rising Moon (untitled but seen with this descriptor) 月の出 |
| 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 | 51 of 300 |
| Publisher | Kyoto Hanga-in 京都版画院 (see above "Margin Description") |
| Carver | Endo Kokyoku |
| Printer | Ito Tomoro |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | good - minor toning; several foxing spots; small paper tear upper right margin; tape remnants verso |
| Genre | fukusei hanga |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | dai-oban |
| H x W Paper | 20 1/4 x 15 5/8 in. (51.4 x 39.7 cm) |
| H x W Image | 18 x 11 1/8 in. (45.7 x 28.3 cm) |
| Collections This Print | Sydney University Museums UA1996.43 |
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