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Sketches from a Window while Traveling from the series Seihō's Masterpieces

 

 Japanese Color Woodblock Print

Sketches from a Window while Traveling

from the series Seihō's Masterpieces (set two)

(Seihō's ippin shū)

by Takeuchi Seihō, 1940


IHL Cat. #912

About This Print and the Series Seihō's Masterpieces

This print titled Sketches from a Window while Traveling was released September 20, 1940 as part of the second of two sets of sixty-six prints titled Seihō's Masterpieces (aka Seihō's Masterworks), printed and issued by Unsōdō Publishing.  It is listed as print 9 (九) in set two's table of contents sheet.

This print, which is also in the Spencer Collection at the New York Public Library, was issued as one of three prints in the third envelope of set two.  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 likely a woodblock print, although the printing method needs to be confirmed.

Colophon Envelope 3 Set Two
Dated September 20, 1940
Date of issue reads Showa 15 (1940), 9th month, 20th day
Date of printing reads Showa 15 (1940), 9th month, 15th day
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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 #912
 TitleSketches from a Window while Traveling (旅窗漫筆)

To the left is the label attached to the rear of the sheet the print was originally tipped to.  It reads: 

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 旅窗漫筆 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 2)
 Artist
 Takeuchi Seihō (1864-1942)
 Signature
Seihō
 Seal unread, as shown above
 Publication Date September 20, 1940
 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 backing/matting
 Genre nihonga (also classed as e-hon, as the series prints exist as bound volumes)
 Format non-standard
 H x W Paper and Image
 18 3/4 x 14 3/8 in. (47.6 x 36.5 cm)
 Collections This Print New York Public Library, Spencer Collection; Rijksmuseum RP-P-2005-615-20
 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.