Comment - A charming Edo era scene showing two women stretching fabric over a balcony to dry in the summertime. A little boy is playing under the stretched fabric. Two flounders are hanging on a trestle pole of the scaffold, drying in the sun. A small bird near the flounders peeks down. Lovely scenery beyond with two Edo kites ("Edo-tako", "江戸凧") and a Bird-of prey kite ("tonbi dako", "鳶凧") are floating in the spring breeze. Cherry blossoms flowering below the balcony. Soft bokashi shading in the sky and water.


Series - ~


Artist - see Biography


Signature -  HOKUSAI Tokimasa ga ("北斎辰政画", "drawn by HOKUSAI Tokimasa")


Publisher - Takamizawa Mokuhansha (高見沢木版社); (Reprint, Taisho era 1911 - 1925); Takamizawa's Taisho prints are considered to be the finest reprints ever done. Each Takamizawa print has a Taisho era seal on the reverse.


Image Size -  25.8 x  36.8 cm    (9 7/8" x 14") + margins as shown)


Condition - Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, single sheet, horizontal ôban; Yoko-e ('landscape')