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Black Ships (Kurofune), frontispiece illustration from the literary magazine Bungei kurabu, vol. 1, no. 9


文芸倶楽部 1巻9号 「黒船」 (遅塚麗水作)
Tomioka Eisen (Japanese, 1864–1905)
Publisher: Bungei kurabu (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1895 (Meiji 28)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions 19.7 x 25.2 cm (7 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection
Accession Number2000.293
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Yamada, Kuchi-e meisaku monogatari shû (2006), pp. 83-6; Yamada, Mokuhan kuchi-e sôran (2005), photo p. 310; Yamada, "Bungei Kurabu...," Ukiyo-e geijutsu 144 (2002), photo p. 67
DescriptionIllustration of a story by Chizuka Reisui (1866-1942).
Signed Unsigned
無款
ProvenanceVarious dealers: primarily in London and Tokyo. Purchased between 1985-1999.