Chikanobu -- "Beauty in Silver Kimono"

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Title "Beauty in Silver Kimono" (given name)
Date 1896
Series "Akawa-ma"
Publisher Fukuda Hatsujiro
Seal, Carver/Printer na
Image Size 8 1/4 x 13 inches, plus full margins.
Impression Fine. Nice "bokashi" shading to orange kimono undergarment and title cartouche; extensive "gauffrage" to entire kimono; extensive silver metalic pigments to entire kimono; and highly detailed carving.
Condition Fair to Good. (Light soiling and toning; some fading; some wrinkling and wear at corners.) Retains original album backing.
Reference/Illus na
Comments A high-ranking courtesan in fine, silver (metalic-pigmented) kimono.
Item # BG-86
Price $195