Kaburagi Kiyokata (1878-1973) Kajita Hanko (1870-1917) | Eight kuchi-e | Meiji period, early 20th century

The Sokolov Collection

Kaburagi Kiyokata (1878-1973)

Kajita Hanko (1870-1917)

Eight kuchi-e 

Meiji period, early 20^th century

each a woodblock print, kuchi-e (frontispiece), and comprising:

- Scarlett Peach, signed Kiyokata, sealed, published in The Literary Club (Bungei kurabu), volume 15, number 4, 1909

- Falling Cherry Blossoms (Hana fubuki), signed Kiyokata, sealed, published in The Literary Club (Bungei kurabu), volume 9, number 5, circa 1900s

- In a cemetery, signed Kiyokata, circa 1900s

- Plum Blossoms, sealed Hanko, published in The Literary Club (Bungei kurabu), 1908

- A young student playing an ichigen koto, commemorating the zodiac year of the dragon, signed kinoe motome ojite Hanko (Hanko, by special request in the year of the dragon), published in The Literary Club (Bungei kurabu), volume 10, number 2, 1904

- Whitebait (Shirauo), signed and sealed Kiyokata, published in the Literary Club (Bungei kurabu) volume 17, number 4, 1911

- The Bell at Hachiman (Hachiman-gane), published in The Literary Club (Bungei kurabu), volume 15, number 15, signed and sealed Kiyokata, 1909

- Kazue holding her daughter, published by Watanabe Katei in the novel Whirlpool (Uzumaki), 1914

29.5 x 21.5 cm., 11 ⅝ x 8 ½ in. (the first)

21.5 x 28 cm., 8 ½ x 11 in. (the second)

22 x 32 cm., 8 ⅝ x 12 ⅝ in. (the third)

30.5 x 20.4 cm., 12 x 8 ⅛ in. (the fourt)

31 x 22 cm., 12¼ x 8 ⅝ in. (the fifth)

31.5 x 22 cm., 12 ⅜ x 8 ⅝ in. (the sixth)

31 x 22 cm., 12¼ x 8 ⅝ in. (the seventh )

32 x 26.5 cm., 12 ⅝ x 10½ in. (the eighth)