Translating the back of a woodblock print

[sfbaywalk]

Hi,

I am trying to place the origins of this print. I know it is a 20th century remake of something much older.

This is a picture of a stamp on the back of the print. I know the last characters in the box refer to the publisher Adachi. Can you tell me about the other characters?

Thank you,

Roy

 

[Toritoribe]

不許複刻複写
fukyo fukkoku fukusha
Reproduction or Copying Prohibited

 

[sfbaywalk]

不許複刻複写
fukyo fukkoku fukusha
Reproduction or Copying Prohibited

Amusing, because it is a reproduction.

Thanks.

 

[Toritoribe]

Yeah, they should stamp 複複刻 "Re-reproduction" then.

 

[sfbaywalk]

They should stamp the year. My online research places the Adachi stamp on verso in 1967. Here's the front.

 

[Toritoribe]

Eishōsai Chōki's Hatsu hi no de is still available in the Adachi Institute of Woodcut Prints, thus, it is highly possible that they continue to print the ukiyoe. If that's the case, it would be hard to determine the year it's printed only from the print.
初日の出

 

[sfbaywalk]

Thanks for the link. I now have some idea of retail price, and some informative details about the print.