Angel and Priest, Shamisen Player and Child with Toys, frontispiece illustration for the novel The Lute (Yotsunoo)

四の緒　（泉鏡花作）

Mishima Shôsô (Japanese, 1856–1928)
Publisher: Shun'yôdô

Japanese

Meiji era

1895 (Meiji 28)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions 21.5 x 26.8 cm (8 7/16 x 10 9/16 in.)

Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection

Accession Number2000.100

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Yamada, Mokuhan kuchi-e sôran (2005), p. 149, photo p. 341

DescriptionNovel by Izumi Kyôka (1873-1939).

Signed Shôsô ga
せうそう画

ProvenanceVarious dealers: primarily in London and Tokyo. Purchased between 1985-1999.