Young Woman Looks at Silhouette of a Male Prisoner being Led Away, Meiji period (1868–1912), early 20th century, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 8 1/2 x 10 3/8 in. (21.6 x 26.4 cm), Prints, Tomioka Eisen (Japanese, 1864–1905), Eisen's print displays the rather melodramatic sentiment as an illustration for a novel is typical of late Meiji print. A woman watches the silhouettes of her lover being led away by the police man. The silhouettes without background motifs suggest a unreachable place from the woman in the reality
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Young Woman Looks, Silhouette, Male Prisoner, Led Away, Meiji period, 1868–1912, early 20th century, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, 8 1/2 x 10 3/8, 21.6 26.4 cm, Prints, Tomioka Eisen, Japanese, 1864–1905, Eisen, print displays, melodramatic sentiment, illustration, novel, typical, late Meiji, woman watches, silhouettes, lover, led away, police man, background motifs, suggest, unreachable place, woman, reality
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