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| Artist: | Kunisada 1 Utagawa (1786-1865)- Toyokuni 3 — 歌川国貞-豊国三代 |
| Title: | Bijin |
| Series: | 32 Aspects of Modern Style |
| Date of first edition?: | 1859 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Not Set |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Not Set |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 28287 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
32 Beauties of the Modern World
Artist: Kunisada
Format: Oban tate-e: 14.25" x 9.75"
Subject: 'Tea Making', bust portrait of a newly wed bijin with fashionably blackened teeth, her coiffure pierced by many elaborate pins unrolls a scroll. One of Kunisada's finest late bijin series.
Date: c. 1860
Condition: Fine colors with slight migration of red. Horizontal crease mark and other crease marks. Album binding holes along right edge. Slightly trimmed, rubbed and soiled. A tape stain in cartouche. Corners slightly rounded. Generally moderately good state.
Impression: Very fine impression printed on heavy De Luxe paper with gauffrage and strong woodgrain visible in the background.
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