Catalog record · 目録番号 122629
Stepmother (Kuchi-e)
Catalog note / 解説
Title Stepmother (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 ... fine gradations Condition very good ... light toning, several light brown spots 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 tradition…
Image record / 画像情報
JAODB · Ca. 1900. · jaodb
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