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YUMEJI, Takehisa (1884 - 1934)		In the Morning Light ('Asa no hikari he')
		Signed:           Yumeji Sealed:            (the artist's red seal) Published:      1987 (made from the artist's sketch designed in 1921) * Size:                c. 44 x 33.5 cms / c. 17" x 13" Limited editon no.: 254/280 Condition: EXCELLENT impression, color and condition. - The print comes in the publisher's original folder: with title, edition number and publisher's info. ref. no.: #753428 Price:    € 960.00

This work is from the series, entitled: 'Onna jû-dai' ("Ten Subjects of Women"). A beauty wearing a flower hairpin is in her thoughts in the morning. The title is embossed in the upper margin. The edition number in Japanese is written in the left margin of the print and on the folder. Takehisa YUMEJI became famous for his pictures (pintings, prints, books) expressing the particular feeling of the Taisho democracy, the Taisho romanticism. Next to classical depictions of young women wearing kimonos, we also find the type of 'modern' girl (moga) dressed in western clothes, self-conscious, but vulnerable at the same time. Also, the influence of the art deco style which found its way to Japan at the time is quite noticeable in Yumeji's work. * Due to the artist's untimely death at the age of only forty-nine, much of his work was first published posthumously.

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