Lot Essay
This print was tipped-in the February, 1914 special 'print edition' of the magazine Gendai no yoga (Modern western cinema).
For other impressions see Takahashi Seiichiro et al., Kindai Nihon hanga taikei (Compendium of modern Japanese prints), vol. 1 (Tokyo: Mainichi Shimbunsha, 1976), pl. 40; Ono Tadashige, Gendai hanga I-- Meiji-Showa (Modern prints I--Meiji and Showa periods), Nihon hanga bijutsu zenshu (Complete Japanese print works), vol. 7 (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1962), p. 53; Fukunaga Shigeki, ed., Kindai Nihon hanga (Modern Japanese prints), Kindai no bijutsu, 40 (Tokyo: Shibundo, 1977), frontispiece illustration.
For other impressions see Takahashi Seiichiro et al., Kindai Nihon hanga taikei (Compendium of modern Japanese prints), vol. 1 (Tokyo: Mainichi Shimbunsha, 1976), pl. 40; Ono Tadashige, Gendai hanga I-- Meiji-Showa (Modern prints I--Meiji and Showa periods), Nihon hanga bijutsu zenshu (Complete Japanese print works), vol. 7 (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1962), p. 53; Fukunaga Shigeki, ed., Kindai Nihon hanga (Modern Japanese prints), Kindai no bijutsu, 40 (Tokyo: Shibundo, 1977), frontispiece illustration.