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Shoda Kôhô (1877-1924)
A white and black harlequin cat playing with the ribbons of a Tanabata festival decoration. Calendar print for the month of May (probably for the year 1912).
Publisher: Hasegawa, Tokyo
Date: presumably in 1911
Original Japanese colour woodblock print. Size: Vertical Ko-tanzaku, 36,3 7,5 cm (overall)
Excellent impression and colours, with relief printing. Original publisher’s backing. Paper age-toned, upper right corner bevelled, and small creases in both upper corners. Very likely the first edition of this motif.
Hasegawa Cat. No. 1533. The New Wave, p. 116 (1871-1946); Merritt/Yamada, p. 73 (1875-1925), Japanese Wikipedia (1877-1924). Kôhô was a student of Ogata Gekkô.
€ 250,-