Item from the Mokuhankan Flea Market

Beauty Writing a Letter

Size: 19.5cm by 30.5cm (7.68 in by 12.01 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ?

Designer: Katsukawa Shunsho

Era: Taisho | Currency: $ / £ / €

Price: ¥ 8,000$ 64.00£ 50.25€ 58.50 [Item has been sold]

Description: This print is from the series, 日本木版画粋 (Masterpieces of Japanese Woodblock Prints), a collection of reproductions of various themes and designs published around 1924. The print quality is excellent (for most of the prints) and there are almost no traces of baren on the back, so we assume that it was at least partially machine printed.

This print depicts a woman sitting and about to write a letter. She is wearing a very elegant black kimono with some flower ornaments. With the red and navy underlayers peeking through the rich black kimono resulting in a beautiful color contrast.

She is holding a brush delicately, posing against her cheek as if she was seeking inspiration or thinking what to write on the blank scroll.

There are a few slight foxing spots in the left part of this print.

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