Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 106320
Mouse Lamp (Kuchi-e)
- Artist / 作者
- Takeuchi Keishu武内桂舟
- Date / 年代
- 1912
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Taisho / jaodb
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 873 × 1200 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Japanese Art Open Database
- Published by / 公開者
- 朝倉レン
- Rights / 権利
- No reusable image license documented
- Attribution / 表記
- Japanese Art Open Database
Catalog note / 解説
From the Bungei Kurabu novel "Akatsuki" ("Dawn") in Vol.18, No.1. A young woman reads a letter by an oil lamp. A mouse on top of the lamp also looks into the letter. Kuchi-e (frontispiece illustration) was made for the popular literary magazines largely aimed at the female readers in Meiji-Taisho era. They were published by newly established publishers such as Bungei Kurabu, Shunyodo and Suzando. These publishing companies; among which Chuo-koronsha, Kodansha, Shinchosha still exist; published not only literary subjects but also many different everyday subjects such as cooking, sewing and hobbies as monthly publications.
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