OWAKA OF THE PURPLE COAT (Takeuchi Keishu)

Object: original Japanese woodblock print
Genre: kuchi-e 口絵 frontispiece illustrations

Artist: Takeuchi Keishu 武内桂舟 (1861-1942/43)
From the literary magazine: Bungei Kurabu 文芸倶楽部, vol. 5, no. 14
Print title: Widow and Widower 二人やもめ
Print subject: the heroine of the tale, a former teahouse waitress known to all as Owaka お若 of the Purple Coat, and the grave of her very young beloved who died after a sudden illness

Note: illustration of a story by Hirotsu Ryuro 広津柳浪 (1861-1928)

Publisher: Hakubunkan 博文館

Material: washi 和紙 Japanese paper
Technique: nishiki-e 錦絵 multi-coloured woodblock printing

Year: 1899, 11th month
Condition: good
Dimensions: 28,5 x 22 cm

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