Comment - Two
edo kaku kites floating in
the sky of a small town. The kites are correctly bridled, the
left edo kaku seems to sway away. The edo kaku in the center
has a design,
resembling
the Japanese flag. Several rooftops are to be seen with
lots of pine trees in between; a mountainius region is filling
the background.
Series - Meiji Chronicle of Great Peace ("明治太平記 Meiji
Taihei-ki"), at least six volumes. Editor is MURAI Shizuma
(村井静馬編輯, Murai Shizuma henshū), as stated at the
back
of the front cover (imprint).
Artist - see
Biography
Signature - "Sensai Eitaki-ga" (鮮斎永濯 畫), printed as the
artist on the
back
of the front cover (imprint)
Publisher - Tōkyō shorin Enjudō (東京書林 延寿堂) printed
on the
back
of the front cover (imprint)
Image Size - 12.5×18 cm (4 9/10" x 7 1/10")
Condition - Woodblock print; manga book (e-dehon); two
sheets with kites; printed on very thin Japanese paper in
traditional "fukuro-toji", stub binding