Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 88615
Life-size doll in a box
- Artist / 作者
- Mizuno Toshikata水野年方
- Date / 年代
- 1894
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / jaodb
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 600 × 463 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Japanese Art Open Database
- Published by / 公開者
- 朱雀ハル
- Rights / 権利
- No reusable image license documented
- Attribution / 表記
- Japanese Art Open Database
Catalog note / 解説
A Good Japanese Woodblock Diptych by Mizuno Toshikata (1866-1908). This amusing and accomplished print shows an elderly man relaxing with a cup of sake while contemplating his latest purchase which appears to be a life-size doll in a box or a real woman in a box, perhaps a variant on the "girl in a cake" scenario! The impression is fine, the design on the kimono of the girl is like feeling braille. It is totally unfaded and is in excellent condition except for a damp stain on the lower centre margins and slight over trimming of the left hand margin. The diptych is lightly backed having been part of a collector's album at some time. It is dated 27th. year of Meiji (1894). Please note this is…
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