Posted by Lester M. Levy on April 22, 1998 at 13:09:36:
In Reply to: Toshikata posted by Billie T. on April 22, 1998 at 10:35:31:
: Any info. or source to find out if the print I
have is part of his "36 immortal beauties" series?
In this series, there is a cartouche with 5 kanji
characters in a vertical arrangement. The top Kanji
is a set of three horizontal strokes for the
character "san" meaning "three". In some of the
series, this is in a semi-cursive style with the
lower two strokes resembling a capital "Z". The
second character from the top looks like a cross
for the kanji "ju" meaning "ten". The third kanji
has four strokes... a main horizontal one, with a
small vertical stroke above this, and two vertical
strokes below. Sometimes these two strokes are
represented by a single horizontal wiggle. This is
the kanji "roku" meaning "six". So the top three
strokes represent "36". I have not seen this series
in any of the common references available to me.