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Ogata Gekkô (1859-1920)
Two women arranging stones into miniature landscapes on trays in front of a tsuitate screen.
Title: Bonseki (Miniature Stone Garden).
Series: Fujin fuzoku zukushi (Women's customs and manners)
Signature: Gekkô
Seal: Gekkô no in
Carver: Negishi Chokuzan (Chokusan)
Publisher: Sasaki Toyokichi, Tokyo
Date: Meiji 24 (1891)
Original Japanese woodblock print. Size: Vertical Ôban, 32.5 x 22.2 cm (image)
Excellent impression and colours, with gaufrage. Unbacked. Paper a little age-toned, in margins a little dust-soiled, a few weak creases. A faint waterstain in lower right margin. Overall very good condition.
Cf. MFA Boston, Keidel Coll., 2016.1171; British Museum 1906,1220,0.1755
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