Showering Flower Petals (<i>Hana bira ame</i> - 花の雨 or 花弁雨)
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Takane Kōji (高根宏治) (artist 1902 – 1979)

Showering Flower Petals (Hana bira ame - 花の雨 or 花弁雨)

Print

1930s
10.25 in x 15.5 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese color woodblock print
Name embossed in left margin:
Takane Kōji hitsu
高根宏治筆
Publisher: Daireisha (U034)
Red "Koko" seal top right
Honolulu Museum of Art - dated to c. 1950 A copy of this print on the commercial market in Japan is entitled 花の雨 and is dated to ca. 1920.
modern prints (shin hanga - 新版画) (genre)
beautiful women (bijin-ga - 美人画) (genre)
Daireisha (大鈴舎) (publisher)