1847-1915
Cherry Blossom, Mukojima
(Mukojima Sakura)
signed within the composition at lower left, Kobayashi Kiyochika hitsu, the title along the bottom margin, Mukojima Sakura, dated in the margin at left, Meiji jusannen - gatsu (Meiji 13 [1880], -month), followed by the publisher, Fukuda Kumajiro located in Hasegawa-cho, and the artist, Gako Kobayashi Kiyochika, with his address in Yonezawa-cho, ca. 1880
oban yoko-e 9 3/4 by 14 3/8 in., 24.9 by 36.5 cm
References:
Tokichi Sakai, Kiyochika, The Japan Association for the Preservation of Ukiyo-e, translation by N.S. Gankow, 1969, no. 42
Kiyochika, Goyo, Shinsui hanga ten: Meiji, Taisho no ukiyo-e shi, Seibu Hyakkaten, 1976, no. 34
Hideki Kikkawa, Kobayashi Kiyochika: Studies in Light and Shadow of the Westernization of Japan, Seigensha Art Publishing, 2015, p. 98, no. 125
Kobayashi Kiyochika: A Retrospective, Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, 2016, p. 43, no. 47
(inv. no. 10-4835)
price: $900