Untitled hikifuda (advertisement)

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[Untitled hikifuda (advertisement)]

Seisei [Kawanabe], Kyōsai [illustrated by]. 

[Japan: publisher unidentified, ca. early Meiji period (1870-80s)?]. 

An unused hikifuda (advertisement print) designed by Kyōsai. Companies could buy blank woodblock-printed sheets such as these and print or write their business details in the blank spaces provided. Auspicious colours and symbols are used, and Kyōsai's characteristic comical touch is present.

One leaf woodblock-printed on one side, complete. Light stains and marks. 38.2 x 26.5 cm. 

Untitled hikifuda (advertisement)
Price: $400.00 (USD)