Edo Brocade - Lovely design from Chikanobu's 1902 - 1903 series "Edo Brocade," which depicts upper-class ladies enjoying a variety of refined pursuits, including writing poems, arranging flowers, celebrating holidays and festivals, enjoying visits from friends and family, and viewing flowers. The elegant kimono and obi fabrics and household furnishings are intricately detailed and colored. These attractive images are beautifully printed, with deluxe printing techniques such as embossing, burnishing, and the use of mica. Prints from this rarely seen series are a wonderful choice to collect or display.

Special detail - Burnishing on the black kimono, obi, lacquer trim on the floor, and the hair of the two beauties in the foreground at right, embossing on the white kimono collars, silver mica accents on the brown kimono.

Artist - Chikanobu (1838 - 1912)

Image Size - 8 3/4" x 12 3/4" + margins as shown

Condition - This print with excellent color and detail as shown. Vertical centerfold. A few creases at edge. Please see photos for details.