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 - Lovely portrait of a young woman, shyly hiding her face behind her sleeve. She wears a purple outer kimono patterned with blossoms over a white under robe patterned with curly lines. A few maple leaves fall at left, the colors changing in autumn. A charming image.

Artist - Takehisa Yumeji (1884 - 1934)

Image Size - 5 1/2" x 3 5/8"

Condition - This print with excellent color and detail as shown. Faint toning, a few spots, a couple creases at top edge. Please see photos for details. Good overall.