Item from the Mokuhankan Flea Market

Reading

Size: 19.5cm by 30.0cm (7.68 in by 11.81 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ?

Designer: Hosoda Eishi

Era: Taisho | Currency: $ / £ / €

Price: ¥ 9,000$ 82.00£ 66.25€ 75.25 [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.

This print features two women, probably courtesans, in kimonos, sitting and reading. One of them is wearing a beautiful lavender kimono with floral motifs and is reading a book while the other one, in red kimono, is holding a fan and listening to her attentively. The woman reading is sitting next to a small wheeled desk that contains some more books. We must pay attention to the stunning accessories they use to decorate their hair. The woman in the red kimono is wearing a big ornament of small white flowers while the other one wears her hair loose and decorates it with multiple combs and wooden pins.

It comes with a description sheet in English and Japanese.

There are a few slight creases around the top right edge of this print.

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