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Hello,
I recently purchased this painting on silk at an estate sale. You can see the paint has bled from moisture somewhere along the way. The title is apparently written next to a poem, but I cannot find the poem translated anywhere. Is this just a old copy? It is much larger than the woodcut prints and the silk measures approx. 29" tall x 19" wide (73.6 x 48.2 cm).
Thank you in advance for any help you can provide,

It is a reproduction based on a Utamaro woodblock print. Here is an original at the Boston MFA:

http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/woman-warming-her-hands-inside-her-kimono-from-the-series-eight-views-of-tea-stalls-in-famous-places-meisho-koshikake-hakkei-second-edition-234123

As you will note, there is no text in the upper left of the print that corresponds to the text on your (apparently, Korean made) piece.

Cheers,
Stan

Thank you for your interest, however, the piece at the Museum of Fine Arts is not a painting on silk, but a Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, published by Ezakiya Kichibei (Tenjudô)(Japanese), and at least a second edition. It further states that the "first edition", published by Iseya Rihei, has the series title and a poem, such as this one. I would love to have the poem translated.

I know this has a sticker on the back which says "Made in Korea", however is it possible this could have been framed at that time the sticker was applied? The frame and style of the corners appear to be from the first quarter of the 1900's.

I searched high and low, and can't find a reference to an original painting of this so far.

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