Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 122734
Nasanu Naka
- Artist / 作者
- Hirezaki Eiho鰭崎英朋
- Date / 年代
- 1881
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / jaodb
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 405 × 600 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Japanese Art Open Database
- Published by / 公開者
- 星野アカリ
- Rights / 権利
- No reusable image license documented
- Attribution / 表記
- Japanese Art Open Database
Catalog note / 解説
Title Natural Mother (Kuchi-e) Artist Eiho Hirezaki 1881-1968 Signature Eiho Seal artist's seal Dated ca. 1900 Publisher Bungei Kurabu Technique/Medium Woodblock print Impression excellent - very good Colors excellent - very good Condition excellent... light toning Rating 1 = excellent Description A book illustration for the story, "Stepmother, Stepson" by Yanagawa which was published by Bungei Kurabu, a popular literary magazine in Meiji era. The story was a tear-jerking soap opera about the child custody battle between two mothers. The unfriendly description of the natural mother as a Westernized, rich, ego-maniac. The stepmother was depicted as a traditional, passive, helpless woman who…
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