Meiji prints


  Design: Ikeda Shōen (1886-1917)  
  Print title: A quiet talk over the brazier  
  Album/series title: Yaekasumi (Multilayered mist)  
  Size: 21.0 x 31.0 cm  
  Original woodblock print    
  Photography: Jacques Commandeur
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Ikeda Shoen Yaekasumi A quiet talk over the brazier

Enlargement


Special effects: silver metallic pigments on the folding screen, the table in the foreground, the book on the floor, the flowers on the brazier, the chopsticks, the underkimono of the lady on the left, and the red cushion of the lady on the right.

Artist’s signature and two red artist’s seals with the name of the artist in right print area:

Character Reading Meaning Translation
       
shō plantain  
en garden Shōen

Series title in purple cartouche in right margin:

Character Reading Meaning Translation
       
ya    
i    
ka    
su    
mi   Multilayered mist

Publisher’s address and firm name (from right to left) in middle of bottom margin:

Character Reading Meaning Translation
       
east  
kyō capital  
shi city Tokyo city,
ni sun  
hon origin  
hashi bridge  
ku district Nihonbashi district,
muro greenhouse  
machi quarter Muro quarter,
san three  
chō house block  
me count suffix 3rd house block,
kyū nine  
ban number  
chi earth, land number 9,
       
kotsu slide  
kei think  
temple Kokkeidō

English print title in red in bottom margin reading: A quiet talk over the bragier. This is clearly a typo and should read: A quiet talk over the brazier.


References


Provenance: Artelino

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