Reprint  1920 

Comment - Charming scene by Isoda KORYUSAI (礒田 湖龍斎) of a young boy flying a bird-of prey kite along the banks of a stream. He runs along holding the string, looking over his shoulder, as a beauty holding a younger child watches at right. The boy in her arms reaches eagerly for the toy. A lovely design with a pine tree framing the scene and gently undulating water.

The original title (end of 19th century) is "Kite Enjoying" ("Tako asobi", "凧遊び).


Series - ~


Artist - see Biography


Signature - KORYUSAI - ga  (湖龍斎 画) , lower right;


Publisher - Goyo Studio Reprints - Hashiguchi Goyo (橋口 五葉) is the undisputed master of the 20th century shin-hanga movement. A secondary part of his career was reprinting beautiful old ukiyo-e prints from the golden age of the print period. In 1920, much of Goyo’s artistic work was devoted to creating these incredible woodblock reprints from the golden age of ukiyo-e. Each print was painstakingly copied from an original and stamped with the Goyo circular seal under the signature. Line by line, color by color, the prints were recreated in Goyo’s studio to perfectly emulate these masterworks of ukiyo-e. Goyo took pride in this work and the release of his reprints was met with great acclaim.


Image Size - 27.7 X 18.4 cm     (10 1/8" x 7 1/4" )


Condition - single sheet, nishiki-e (cloured woodblock); Vertical ôban (ôban tate-e);