Japanese Woodblock Prints

Japanese Woodblock Prints

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Ito Shinsui (1898-1972) | Rouge (Kuchibeni) | Showa period, 20th century

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March 23, 03:18 PM GMT

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2,000 - 3,000 GBP

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Ito Shinsui (1898-1972)

Rouge (Kuchibeni)

Showa period, 20th century


woodblock print, embellished with mica to the mirror and obi, from the series First Collection of Modern Beauties (Gendai bijin shu dai isshu), signed Shinsui ga (Pictured by Shinsui), sealed Shinsui, dated Showa yonen gogatsu (May, 1929), hand-numbered limited edition seal to the reverse nihyaku gojumai zeppan, dai nihyaku jusan ban (limited edition of 250, number 213), publisher's red rectangular seal Watanabe (Watanabe Shozaburo)


Vertical dai oban: 42.6 x 27.5 cm., 16¾ x 10⅞ in.

For the series First Collection of Modern Beauties, Watanabe Shozaburo (1885-1962) limited the editions to two hundred and fifty, designating two hundred of these to subscribers and fifty to be sold at his store. When the final design was complete in July 1931, Shinsui began work on a further series on the same theme Second Collection of Modern Beauties (Gendai bijin shu dai ni shu) in August of the same year.

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