Posted by Michael Nichols (209.77.148.62) on March 16, 2004 at 07:43:45:
In Reply to: Tsuchiya Rakusan posted by Barbara Marrett on March 15, 2004 at 09:05:39:
Hi Barbara, The title of your print actually reads from right to left "Sasanqua Camellia and Mandarin Ducks (Winter)". The first edition is from July 1929, but your copy is a post 1935 (to 1950's) later printing. It is illustrated (also in a later printing) on pages 16-17 of the little Foster booklet usually available on eBay for less than $10. There should be silvery mica flakes on the background. The 'sazanka' is a winter-blooming type of camellia.