TAKEUCHI, Keishu -- "A Beauty Hunting Fireflies"

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Artist TAKEUCHI, Keishu (1861-1943)
Title "A Beauty Hunting Fireflies" ("Bijin Bokkei")
(given name)
Date October 1977 (reprint)
(Originally 1897)
Provenance Private placement. Consigned by a southwest print collector/dealer.
Series "Woodblock Print Bijin-ga Collection"
Publisher Sodosha Publishler (Tokyo)
(Originally "Bungei Kurabu" "Bungei Kurabu" magazine, vol.3, no.10)
Seal, Carver/Printer "Limited Edition #684/980 set."
Image Size 8 1/2 x 11 3/4 (full original size)
Impression Fine. Lithographic reproduction onto medium-weight paper. Nicely detailed--virtually indiscernible from original woodblock print.
Condition Pristine. (Found side-tipped into original folder inside "presentation-boxed set.")
Reference/Illus na
Comments A delightful "kuchi-e" (literary magazine frontispiece) image.
Item # FW-29
Price Sold/AS
Christmas Special
TWO-for-ONE Pricing
(Reg $125)