Information
Date : 1901
Size : Kuchi-e (approx. 22 × 28 cm)
Impression : Good
Condition : Good
Detail : Centerfold
Kajita Hanko (1870-1917) was a Japanese-style painter active mainly during the Meiji and Taisho periods. From an early age, Hanko painted on export fans to support his family, and later, while apprenticing under Ishii Teiko, he continued to work on designs for crafts to support his family. Such continuous work helped his stable descriptive ability in illustrations for books and Kuchi-e, and he had a large number of book-related works, such as "金色夜叉" by Ozaki Koyo and "魔風恋風" by Kosugi Tengai. In addition, Hanko's paintings of schoolgirls, which captured the latest fashions, were well-received by women at the time.