Surgical Ward' (Gekashitsu) from Bugei Kurabu (Literary Club)
Toshikata learned woodblock printing from Yoshitoshi, then studied Maruyama-Shijo-style painting under Watanabe Shōtei. Toshikata's sentimental style of beauty was followed by one of his students, Kaburagi Kiyokata.
During the Meiji period the journal Bungei Kurabu (The Literary Club) emerged to revitalize the tradition of color woodblock prints as frontispiece illustrations (kuchi-e) for works of modern fiction. This print illustrates the popular romantic novel Surgery by Izumi Kyōka (1873–1939). A beautiful sick heroine is daydreaming that she and a handsome doctor are a couple. According to the novel, she eventually killed herself during her surgery conducted by the doctor.
During the Meiji period the journal Bungei Kurabu (The Literary Club) emerged to revitalize the tradition of color woodblock prints as frontispiece illustrations (kuchi-e) for works of modern fiction. This print illustrates the popular romantic novel Surgery by Izumi Kyōka (1873–1939). A beautiful sick heroine is daydreaming that she and a handsome doctor are a couple. According to the novel, she eventually killed herself during her surgery conducted by the doctor.
Artwork Details
- Title: Surgical Ward' (Gekashitsu) from Bugei Kurabu (Literary Club)
- Artist: Mizuno Toshikata (Japanese, 1866–1908)
- Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
- Date: ca. 1906
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Frontispiece; woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: Image: 8 1/2 x 11 1/4 in. (21.6 x 28.6 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1959
- Object Number: JP3292
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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