Takeuchi Keishu

1861-1942

Daydream
(Seamstress)

kuchi-e (frontispiece) for Bunkei Kurabu (popular literary magazine); with artist's seal Keishu, her hair enhanced with shomenzuri (burnishing), 1898

8 1/2 by 11 1/8 in., 21.6 by 28.3 cm

References:
Nanako Yamada, Mokuhan Kuchi-e (Survey of Woodblock Kuchi-e Prints), 2006, p. 291 (image reversed)
Honolulu Museum of Art, acquisition no. 27969 (titled Daydream)

(inv. no. C-1468)

price: Sold