About This Print and the Series Seihō's Masterpieces
This print titled Puppy was released on December 15, 1938 as part of the first of two sets of sixty-six prints titled Seihō's Masterpieces (a.k.a. Seihō's Masterworks) printed and issued by Unsōdō Publishing. This print, which is also in the Spencer Collection at the New York Public Library, was issued as one of three prints in the tenth envelope of set one. The colophon, shown below, pasted to the envelope, gives the dates of printing and issue, the titles of the prints, copyright information, and information about the publisher.
A combination of print processes (see further discussion see the article "Takeuchi Seihō: Seihō's Masterpieces.") were used for this series and this particular print is a woodblock print.
Colophon Envelope 10 Set One
Dated December 15, 1938
Date of issue reads Showa 13 (1938), 12th month, 15th day
Date of printing reads Showa 13 (1938), 11th month, 20th day
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Dated December 15, 1938
Date of issue reads Showa 13 (1938), 12th month, 15th day
Date of printing reads Showa 13 (1938), 11th month, 20th day
click on image to enlarge
The Series "Seihō's Masterpieces"
For images of all sixty-six prints and a description of the series, please go to the article "Takeuchi Seihō: Seihō's Masterpieces."Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #914 |
| Title | Puppy (狗子) Across the top: 不許複製 All rights reserved Rightmost column: 竹内栖鳳先生筆 Takeuchi Seihō sensei hitsu with title of print 狗子 to its left. Leftmost column: 芸艸堂 publisher's name Unsōdō, copyright restrictions and addresses of Unsōdō's offices in Kyoto and Tokyo. |
| Series | Seihō's Masterpieces (栖鳳逸品集 Seihō's ippin shū) (set 1) |
| Artist | Takeuchi Seihō (1864-1942) |
| Signature |  |
| Seal | unread seal as shown above |
| Publication Date | December 15, 1938 - (as printed on colophon for envelope 10 containing the print) |
| Edition | original and only edition |
| Publisher | Unsōdō Publishing |
| Printer | Shinmi Saburō 新味 三朗 |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent |
| Miscellaneous | removed from its original heavy paper presentation mat partial copyright (all rights reserved) stamp applied to print verso |
| Genre | nihonga (also classed as e-hon, as the series prints exist as bound volumes) |
| Format | non-standard |
| H x W Paper and Image | 15 1/8 x 18 5/8 in. (38.4 x 47.3 cm ) |
| Collections This Print | New York Public Library, Spencer Collection; Rijksmuseum RP-P-2005-615-20; Los Angeles County Museum of Art M.73.37.387 |
| Reference Literature | The Artist and the Book in Japan, Roger S. Keyes, The University of Washington Press with New York Public Library, December 2006, p. 252-253; The Art of the Japanese Book, 2 vols., Jack Hillier, Sotheby's Publications, 1987, p. 992-993. |
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