KUMAZAWA KITARŌ 熊澤喜太郎 (ILLUSTRATED BY).

子ども圖 [Kodomo-zu] [Pictures of Children].

Tokyo: Kumazawa Kitarō 熊澤喜太郎, Meiji 31-32 [ 1898-1899]. Stock ID #160723

18 colour lithographs in Japanese accordion album, patterned cloth covered boards. Folded leaves opening in a few places, lightly creased at the lower lower of two pages. 21.5 x 14.5cm.

This item is an album containing 18 lithograph (hand-coloured) prints, each of which depicts a small child at play. The artist who was also the publisher of this album was Kumazawa Kitarō 熊澤喜太郎 who was a lithographer and publisher. Kumazawa Kitarō specialised in depicting beautiful ladies and small children. We have been able to find work by Kumazawa from Meiji 21 (1888) and his work appears to have been popular however we have not been able to find details about his life or when he died.

At this time during the Meiji Era (1887-97) lithographs were very popular in Japan due it seems to the more realistic representations used. In fact their popularity was such that they took quite a share of the woodblock print market at the time. Playful children, such as those in this album, were a particularly popular topic for these lithographs. The children depicted here are engaged in various activities. Titles of the plates are: Oman-chan おまんちゃん [Little Oman (girl's name?]; Okagura おかぐら [Festival Dancing]; Mizu-asobi 水遊 [Playing with Water]; Tonosama とのさま [Feudal lord]; Okeiku おけいく [Practice?]; Fūsen ふうせん [Balloon]; Jitenshiya じてんしや [Bicycle]; Teasobi-du てあそびづ [?]; Akachiyan あかちやん [Baby]; Botsuchiyan ぼつちやん [Boy]; Otenarai おてならい [Learning Writing]; Matan’ya またんや [?]; Neko-asobi ねこあそび [Playing with a Cat]; Kingau きんがう [Goldfish]; Gohan 御はん [Meal]; Okeikou おけいこう [Playing Music]; Yuki-asobi 雪あそび [Playing with Snow]; and Hi-no-yōjin 火の用心 [Be Careful about Fire]

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Price: $750.00 AU

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