Torii Tadamasa (Ueno, 1904-1970) | Rising Sun and Crow Makeup (Hinode ni karasu no kuma) | Showa period, 20th century

Torii Tadamasa (Ueno, 1904-1970)

Rising Sun and Crow Makeup (Hinode ni karasu no kuma)

Showa period, 20^th century

woodblock print, yellow ground, embellished with silver mica and embossing, from the series Eighteen Make-ups from the Kabuki Stage (Kabuki kumadori juhachi-ban), signed Tadamasa, sealed, 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], dated Mizunoe-uma shoshun shihitsu (first print of the New Year of the Water Horse, 1942); with collector's seal of Gerhard Pulverer to verso

Vertical dai oban: 40.4 x 26.9 cm., 15⅞ x 10⅝ in.

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Torii Tadamasa (Ueno, 1904-1970), Soleil levant et maquillage de corbeau, époque Showa, XXe siècle