Landscape to City: A Collection of 20th Century Japanese Prints
Landscape to City: A Collection of 20th Century Japanese Prints
Kobayakawa Kiyoshi (1897-1948) | No. 2, Applying Makeup (Ni, kesho) | Showa period, 20th century
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November 18, 02:40 PM GMT
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Kobayakawa Kiyoshi (1897-1948)
No. 2, Applying Makeup (Ni, kesho)
Showa period, 20th century
woodblock print, from the series Fashions of the Modern World (Kindai jiseiso no uchi, ni), signed Kobayakawa Kiyoshi, and with artist's bird seal, titled to the bottom margin as above, dated Showa gonen rokugatsu (June 1930), limited edition seal to lower left margin Hyaku-mai kagiri zeppan dai go ban (Limited edition of 100, number 5), privately published
Vertical naga-oban: 50.8 x 30.2 cm., 20 x 11⅞ in.
For another impression of the same print in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 68.1, go to: