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attributed to Kobayashi EIKO
(1868 - 1933) 		Children playing


Preparatory drawing ('shita-e') for a woodblock print.
Black ink ('sumi') on paper.


Size:                          c. 27 x 39 cms (10 5/8" x 15 3/8")
Date:                          c. late 19th century






ref. no.: # 581731
Price:  € 190.00
This design is a preparatory drawing ('shita-e') most likely for one of the popular children's books of the late 19th century.

EIKO studied the Tosa style with Matsumoto Haruki and the Kano style with Kobayashi EITAKU by whom he was adopted. He is known as a designer of kuchi-e, as for example of the boy's story 'Parental Love' by Miyazaki Zanmai, of 1892, and 'Collection of Leaf Tips' by Koda Rohan of 1891. (Merritt / Yamada, 'Woodblock kuchi-e prints', Honolulu, 2000; p. 203).

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