Kaigestsudo Dohan

Courtesan, Taisho

Maker

Title

Courtesan

Year

Taisho

Medium

ink

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Sheet: 57.6 x 28.3 cm (22 11/16 x 11 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

[notations]
Paper label affixed to verso with signature and seal of John Happer attesting that the print was printed by Watanabe Shozaburo in 1910 from an original block on paper "over 300 years old." JWO 01/23/2006

Inscription verso, bottom left on adhered paper in ink: Print made from a/genuine old block engraved/not later than 1705,/on paper of the same period/with ink over 300 years' old./Tokyo. October 1916./Printer: S. Watanabe/Certified as a true/statement J[?]Happer

Three red seals stamped verso, bottom left corner.

Signature: Nihon giga Kaigetsu matsuyo Dohan zu

Seals: Publisher's seal | Igaya hanmoto

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1054

Courtesan

[notations]
Paper label affixed to verso with signature and seal of John Happer attesting that the print was printed by Watanabe Shozaburo in 1910 from an original block on paper "over 300 years old." JWO 01/23/2006

Inscription verso, bottom left on adhered paper in ink: Print made from a/genuine old block engraved/not later than 1705,/on paper of the same period/with ink over 300 years' old./Tokyo. October 1916./Printer: S. Watanabe/Certified as a true/statement J[?]Happer

Three red seals stamped verso, bottom left corner.

Signature: Nihon giga Kaigetsu matsuyo Dohan zu

Seals: Publisher's seal | Igaya hanmoto

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Exhibition History

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