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| Artist: | Goyo Hashiguchi (1880-1921) — 橋口五葉 |
| Title: | Applying Lipstick (Kyoto Maiko) — 紅筆を持てる女（京舞妓） |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1920 |
| Date of this artwork?: | 1970s/80s (may not be accurate) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Hashiguchi Goyo |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Yuyudo — 悠々洞出 |
| 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: | 34505 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
This scene has two official titles:
(1) Applying Lipstick (Benifude) and
(2) A Kyoto Maiko (Kyo Maiko). |
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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:
Benifude Moteru Onna (Woman Holding Lipstick) by Hashiguchi Goyo. Genuine woodblock print dated Taisho 9. Later Showa era impression. Fine condition. 16.9 x 11.4 inches. Koike carver's seal and Shinmi printer's seal on verso margin. Good texture and ink bleedthrough. Comes with original presentation folder. Compare to same image on page 44 of the book "The Female Image 20th Century Prints of Japanese Beauties".
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| Artist Bio: |
A Note on the 1970's/80's restrikes:
Tanseisha edition:
One of the 12-print sets, titled "Hashiguchi Goyo 60-Year Memorial) was published in an edition size of only 150 and is dated 1981, December 1st. I assume this to be the first edition by Tanseisha. It is obvious that Tanseisha subsequently published other sets after this date, using different printers. One of these later editions included an extra print, so a 13-print edition.
Yuyudo editions:
A 6-print set of bijin-ga in blue canvas tatou album with edition size of 750.
A 12-print edition, size unconfirmed.
A 2-print set of large-size scenes "Hand Mirror" and "Yabakei" with edition size of around 500.
Iwasaki Shoten:
Published "Woman Combing Her Hair" in an edition size of 180 in 1988, October 20 (see database entry 46012).
Watanabe Shoichiro: Watanabe has recently (2017 or earlier) started publishing some of the Goyo scenes.
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