Title : A seated bijin reading by lamplight

Artist : Mizuno Toshikata

Date : 1893

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Source : Japanese Art Open Database
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Description : Saturday, 3 May 2008 Thirty-six Immortal Beauties Artist: Toshikata Format: Oban tate-e de luxe: 14.5" x 9.75" approx Subject: From Toshikata's elegant series of bijin - Thirty-six Immortal Beauties. A seated bijin reading by lamplight. Publisher: Akiyama Buemon Date: 1893/4 Condition: Unusually large untrimmed sheet, never backed. Minor creases. Generally very good state. Colour: Fine Impression: Superb 1st edition with a black lacquer pattern on the kimono (not visible in scanned image), gauffrage, burnishing and silver pigments. Immaculate Meiji printing at its very best.

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