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| Artist: | Seien Shima (1892-1970) — 島成園 |
| Title: | July, after the bath — 七月 湯上り |
| Series: | New series of ukiyo-e beauties |
| Date of first edition?: | 1924 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Murakami |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Murakami |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Large Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Large Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 33911 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Artist: Shima Seien (1893-1970)
Subject: Young woman after the bath.
Title: Shichigatsu Yuagari (July, after the bath)
Series: Shin ukiyo-e bijin awase (New series of ukiyo-e beauties).
Signature: Seien.
Date: 1924 (1st edition); 1932 January 1st (2nd edition of 100 prints). Lithograph edition 1930s.
Size: Large oban, 44,8x28,5 cm.
Publisher: Murakami; Bijutsusha.
Reference: Muneshige Narazaki (a cura di). Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in Western Collections. The Muller Collection. Tokyo, 1990, n.132.
Ota Memorial Museum. Meiji-Taisho Bijin Hanga Ten. Prints of Beauties from the Meiji Taisho era. Tokyo, 1993, n.55.
Amy Newland e Hamanaka Shinji. The female image 20th century prints of Japanese beauties. Leiden, 2000, n.125. |
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| Notes (this edition)?: |
| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Monday, 21 March 2005
Title July - Collection of New Ukiyoe Style Beauties
Artist Seien Shima 1892-1970
Signature Seien
Dated 1924
Technique/Medium Woodblock print
Impression excellent - very good
Colors good … mica background, mica lightly sprinkled on the hair
Condition good … moisture stains on the margins, paper cracks around the blue hair ornaments.
Description From the series, "Shin Ukiyo-e Bijin Awase" (Collection of New Ukiyo-e Style Beauties), July - After a Bath. Suave, mysterious beauty by Seien who was the only handful renouned female artists in pre-war Japan.
Format Dai-Oban
Width 11.2 inches = 28.5 cm
Height 17.7 inches = 45.0 cm
Literature Newland, Amy R.; and S. Hamanaka, "The Female Image: 20th Century Prints of Japanese Beauties", Leiden: Hotei, 2000, ISBN 90 74822 20 7, - pg.97, pl.125 |
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