Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 98871

Plum Nightingale

Artist / 作者: Tsuchiya Koitsu土屋光逸
Date / 年代: 1930
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Showa / jaodb
Digital record / 画像記録: 1200 × 890 px
Source collection / 所蔵元: Japanese Art Open Database
Published by / 公開者: 白石カナ
Rights / 権利: No reusable image license documented
Attribution / 表記: Japanese Art Open Database

Catalog note / 解説

Saturday, 13 August 2005 An original unframed Japanese colour woodcut by Koitsu. This depicts a small bird (I think it's a warbler) on a branch with blossom. I have dated it to post 1940 to be safe, but it may well be slightly earlier. Condition is problematic. The print has been laid down onto a backing card with double sided tape in the margins. There also seems to be the residue of some previous tape intruding into the image about half an inch in the left, right and lower edges. (I think this should all be clear from my photos.) There is some creasing, the worst of which is near the artist's seal and in the top left area. The print itself does not appear to be laid down - colour is excel…

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