Japanese Woodblock Prints from an Important Private European Collection

Torii Tadamasa (Ueno, 1904-1970) | Make up from the Earth Spider (Tsuchigumo no kuma) | Showa period, 20th century

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Torii Tadamasa (Ueno, 1904-1970)

Make up from the Earth Spider (Tsuchigumo no kuma)

Showa period, 20^th century

woodblock print, embellished with silver mica, from the series Eighteen Make-ups from the Kabuki Stage (Kabuki kumadori juhachi-ban), signed Tadamasa, and with artist's red oval seal, publisher’s mark (Hotei ‘F’, circa 1932-42) in the lower left margin Hanmoto Tokyo Ginza Watanabe mokuhan gaten [publisher Watanabe woodblock print shop, Ginza, Tokyo], circa 1940-41; with collector's seal of Gerhard Pulverer to verso

Vertical dai oban: 39.8 x 26.9 cm., 15¾ x 6⅝ in.

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Torii Tadamasa (Ueno, 1904-1970), Maquillage de l'araignée de terre, époque Showa, XXe siècle

Gerhard Pulverer (b. 1930)

A similar impression of the same print is in the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, accession number 1972.67.6.

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