Catalog record · 目録番号 131381
Chinese woman
Catalog note / 解説
Nishiyama, Suisho- Chinese woman- 1.jpg is: Fine Japanese Woodblock Print by Suisho Nishiyama (1879-1958). This unusual and superbly printed design is from the celebrated series "Dai Chikamatsu Zenshu" (The Great Collection of Works by Chikamatsu). Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1724) is often referred to as the Shakespeare of Japan. He is known to have written 97 drama of which 74 are historical. Many Japanese would be very familiar with the plays. None of the prints in the series has titles, most (as in this example) just have the names of the block cutter and the printer in the bottom margin, it reads "Chokoku Yamagishi Kazue Tezuri Nishimura Kumakichi" (Carved by Kazue and printed by Kumaki…
Image record / 画像情報
JAODB · 1923 · jaodb
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