IHL Cat. #1344
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IHL Cat. #2385
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This kuchi-e, reproduced using chromolithography and, likely, an offset press, with its characteristic tri-fold from being inserted in a popular magazine of the time either illustrated a story or served as a promotional frontispiece.
Kendall Brown identifies the "golden age" of bijin kuchi-e, illustrations of beautiful women appearing in Taisho-era popular magazines, as the period between 1914 and 1921, with the genre continuing into the 1930s.
For more information on this genre and popular magazines of the period see the article Bijin Kuchi-e and Taisho-Era Popular Magazines on this website.
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