Description: PAUL JACOULET (#83) Woodblock print, 18.25" x 14.12"
La Favorite. (The Favorite.) Signed in pencil lower right above the Bat seal. Seals of the carver, Kentaro Maeda, and printer, Shunosuke Fujii, lower right margin. Published: 15 April 1942. Numbered 44/150 on the reverse. Although creasing and staining, image within plate line is very good.
One of five images known as the Princess series depicting Manchurian princesses and inspired by the magnificent gowns and elaborate coiffures of the wives of dignitaries attending an official reception at the Palace of Seoul.