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 - Interesting modern design of young children holding hands in a circle around a camellia covered with red blossoms. This is a limited edition lithograph print based on an earlier painting by Yumeji. Numbered in pencil 202/250 within image at lower left.

Artist - Takehisa Yumeji (1884 - 1934)

Size - 10 1/4" x 8 1/4" + margins as shown

Condition - This print with excellent color and detail as shown. A few tiny spots in margins. Please see photos for details. Good overall.