ART ARCHIVE

Artists in Archive

First < Previous Result 18 out of 33 hits Next > Last

Eiho Hirezaki 1881-1968 - Melancholy

Enlarge Image

Melancholy
by Eiho Hirezaki 1881-1968

Item	31256
Please enter search string(s) and/or select and click on GO.

Reserve	To see prices, please first log to My Account. New users, please register.
Highest Bid	To see prices, please first log to My Account. New users, please register.
Date Sold	Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Title	Melancholy
	kuchi-e
Artist	Eiho Hirezaki 1881-1968
Description	Frontispiece illustration for the novel, "En-bata", published in Bungei Kurabu vol.19, no. 11. A beauty seems to be lost in melancholic thoughts looking at outside garden from the living room. Eiho was a leading kuchi-e illustrator along with Kaburagi Kiyokata in Meiji - Taisho era. His ample talent could express his subject's subtle feelings in the most natural and elegant ways.
Signature	'Eiho' in the plate.
Seal	Artist's seal.
Dated	1913.
Publisher	Bungei Kurabu.
Medium/Technique	Woodblock print.
Impression	Excellent - very good.
Colors	Very good.
Condition	Very good ... Paper toning, slight foxing on the background, two horizontal folds usual for kuchi-e. A tear of ca. 1,8 cm = 0,70 inch from the left top edge fixed with a piece of paper from the back.
Width Item	8.3 inches = 21.0 cm
Height Item	11.6 inches = 29.5 cm
Literature	Merritt, Helen; Nanako Yamada, "Woodblock Kuchi-e Prints: Reflections of Meiji Culture", Honolulu; University of Hawaii Press, 2000, ISBN 0-8248-2073-8, -

Kuchi-e

Back to Catalog

First < Previous Result 18 out of 33 hits Next > Last

Back to Artists

Largest Online Archive of Japanese Prints with Prices Worldwide

artelino offers the largest archive of Japanese prints including prices worldwide with more than 30,000 sold Japanese prints + 2,800 Chinese prints. Access is public and free. To see prices you must register. It is free. - Dieter and Yorie

Please enter search string(s) and/or select and click on GO.
Search
Select Letter
Select Category