Condition:
Color is vibrant and remains clear in each part. There are no remarkable wrinkles or heavy stains, except for a few light halos on the left side. Above the man`s head, a small white halo with two dark dots can be noticed. As a kuchi-e, this print was part of a book where many others were bound together, so this may be the spot where the bookbinding holes were fixed after the print was removed.
Takasago (高砂).
The man in the print is Murai Gensai, a Japanese novelist whose Hi no Dejima series featured Hanko`s print as a frontispiece.
In his youth, Murai was expected to join the Russian Studies Department at the Foreign Language Institute of Tōkyō, but due to illness, he moved to the United States.
After returning to Japan, he began working as a novelist for several newspapers, gaining fame with his novel Shokurakudō.
Condition:
Color is vibrant and remains clear in each part. There are no remarkable wrinkles or heavy stains, except for a few light halos on the left side. Above the man`s head, a small white halo with two dark dots can be noticed. As a kuchi-e, this print was part of a book where many others were bound together, so this may be the spot where the bookbinding holes were fixed after the print was removed.
| Price | |
|---|---|
| Series | Sunrise island (Hi no dejima, 日の出島). |
| Author | Kajita Hanko (梶田半古). |
| Size | Aiban (間判) 27,7cm x 21,6cm (10,9 x 8,5 inches). |
| Publisher | Shunyōdō (春陽堂). |
| Number | 3 |
| Genre | Kachō-ga (花鳥画), kuchi-e (口絵). |
| Period | C. 1897. |
| Trimmed | No |
| Backed | No |
| Code | KHK01002 |