Landscape to City: A Collection of 20th Century Japanese Prints

Landscape to City: A Collection of 20th Century Japanese Prints

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Kobayakawa Kiyoshi (1897-1948) | No. 5, Black Hair (Go, kurokami) | Showa period, 20th century

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November 18, 02:41 PM GMT

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4,000 - 6,000 GBP

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Kobayakawa Kiyoshi (1897-1948)

No. 5, Black Hair (Go, kurokami)

Showa period, 20th century


woodblock print, from the series Fashions of the Modern World (Kindai jiseiso no uchi), signed Kiyoshi, sealed Kobayakawa, dated Showa rokunen nigatsu (Februaery 1931), limited edition seal to bottom right margin Hyaku-mai kagiri zeppan dai ban (Limited edition of 100, unnumbered), privately published


Vertical naga-oban: 53 x 30.2 cm., 20⅞ x 11⅞ in.

For another impression of the same print in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 35.1881, go to:

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/247789