Takehisa Yumeji - Takehisa Yumeji was a leading artist and illustrator in Japan during the Taisho era. His romantic portraits of contemporary young women were extremely popular, and he designed many woodblock prints for newspapers, women's magazines, and book covers. His slender, languid women are drawn with expressive line work, and sometimes have a naive, almost childlike quality. Yumeji's work found an enthusiastic following in Japan, and today, there is a museum devoted to him in Okayama, his birthplace. While there was little foreign interest in his work prior to his death in 1934, in subsequent decades Yumeji's prints have become very popular and highly sought after by collectors. 

Comments - Charming woodblock print depicting a young couple dancing. The man strums a banjo, dressed in a harlequin costume patterned with large blue diamonds and a red heart on the chest. The woman wears a short dress with a full skirt in a red and yellow print, with an apron around the waist, long braids framing her face. Yumeiji's work has a lively, expressive quality, with attractive color and interesting line work. A delightful image based on an earlier illustration by Yumeji, this woodblock print was published posthumously by the Tokyo publisher Kato Junji.

Artist - Takehisa Yumeji (1884 - 1934)

Image Size - 11 7/8" x 9" + margins

Condition - This print with excellent color and detail and no issues to report.