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Subject:chinese painting / need origin and translation
Posted By: steve revolinski Sun, Nov 04, 2018 IP: 73.125.34.61

looking thru my late aunts dresser drawer found these original paints . looking to see if there any history or where done by my aunt ?

this hand painted painting on paper







Subject:Re: chinese painting / need origin and translation
Posted By: I.Nagy Mon, Nov 05, 2018

三十六佳撰 - Sanjurokkasen - Thirty-six Elegent Selection
螢狩  - Hotarugari - Firefly catching
正徳頃婦人 - Shōtoku-koro no fujin - Woman of the Shōtoku era
年方 - Toshikata (Signature and seal)
Editor; Akiyama Buemon
26th Year of Meiji (1893)

Mizuno Toshikata 水野年方 1866-1908
Ukiyoe-e afrtist and Japanese style painter of the Meiji period.

With regards,
I.Nagy

Subject:Re: chinese painting / need origin and translation
Posted By: mikeoz Mon, Nov 05, 2018

Perhaps your aunt paid a visit to Japan at some time. These are all Japanese not Chinese. Just look at the clothes.

Subject:Re: chinese painting / need origin and translation
Posted By: Stan Tue, Nov 06, 2018

Your Japanese woodblock print is by Mizuno Toshikata and printed in 1893. Catching Fireflies: Women of the Tenmei Era [1781-89] (Hotaru-gari, Tenmei koro fujin), from the series Thirty-six Elegant Selections (Sanjûroku kasen). The Boston MFA has a copy here:

https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/catching-fireflies-women-of-the-tenmei-era-1781-89-hotaru-gari-tenmei-koro-fujin-from-the-series-thirty-six-elegant-selections-sanj%C3%BBroku-kasen-538404

Cheers,
Stan

Subject:Re: chinese painting / need origin and translation
Posted By: I.Nagy Sat, Nov 10, 2018

Correction,
3rd line,
天明頃婦人 - Tenmei-koro no fujin - Women of the Tenmei era
I have mixed it up with another print from the same series.
Cheers,
I.Nagy


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