Item from the Mokuhankan Flea Market

The Wisteria Maiden

Size: 30.0cm by 20.0cm (11.81 in by 7.87 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ?

Designer: Unknown

Era: Taisho | Currency: $ / £ / €

Price: ¥ 9,000$ 81.00£ 67.00€ 75.50 [Item has been sold]

Description: This print is from the series, "The Nippon Mokuhan Gasui" (Masterpieces of old Japanese colour prints), a collection of reproductions of various themes and designs published around 1924.

The title "Fuji Musume" means "The Wisteria Maiden" which is a famous kabuki dance where the maiden becomes the spirit of the wisteria.

This print depicts the maiden dressed in a traditional kimono with a spiral pattern, and a hat decorated with some flowers. She is holding two flower pots, one in each hand, it seems the print is depicting a moment where she is selling or showing the flowers.

The style of the print is specific to otsu-e. These pictures were sold in and around the post town of Otsu, which lay on the Tokaido Road. They were usually drawn on plain brown paper with a black outline which was then filled in with mineral pigments including the colors blue, red, green, yellow, and white.

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