About This Print

Scene showing a young woman in her summer robe (yukata) drying herself after bathing.  This print was the frontispiece for volume 7, no. 5 of the literary magazine Bungei Kurabu (Literary Arts Club), published in Meiji 34th year (1901) which carried, either in its entirety or a portion thereof, the novel Rakkaroku 落花録 (Memoirs of Fallen Blossoms) by the writer Suiin Emi (1869-1934).

The Literary Magazine Bungei Kurabu

Bungei Kurabu 文芸倶楽部 was a very popular literary magazine published from 1895-1933 by Hakubunkan.  It was one of the most dominant venues for Meiji literature, publishing noted authors such as Izumi Kyôka, Kunikida Doppo, Higuchi Ichyô, and Kawakami Bizan.  In the magazine's later years, post 1907, it became a less elevated popular entertainment magazine.

Print Details

IHL Catalog	#531
Title	Memoirs of Fallen Flowers Rakkaroku 落花録 (also seen translated as Recording   Fallen Flowers)  After the Bath (this is the common name for this print)
Series	frontispiece from Bungei Kurabu 文藝倶楽部 vol.7, no.5.
Artist	Takeuchi Keishū (1861-1942)
Signature	not signed
Seal	Keishu
Publication Date	1901
Publisher	Hakubunkan (publisher of Bungei Kurabu)
Printer	likely Yoshida Ishimatsu (1866-1924)1
Impression	excellent
Colors	excellent
Condition	good - moderate spotting; two flattened vertical folds resulting from the manner in which this frontispiece was inserted in the publication
Genre	ukiyoe, kuchi-e
Miscellaneous
Format
H x W Paper	8 5/8 x 11 7/8 in. (21.9 x 30.2 cm)
Collections This Print	The Metropolitan Museum of Art JP3293; National Library of Australia 5744705; Honolulu Museum of Art 27977
Reference Literature	The Arts of Meiji Japan 1869-1912: Changing Aesthetics, Barry Till, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1995, p. 83, pl. 1.20.