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Maiko
by Yamamura Koka (1885-1942) Toyonari

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	Artist:	Yamamura Koka (1885-1942) Toyonari — 山村耕花
	Title:	Maiko
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	1924
	Date of this artwork?:	2010s (may not be accurate)
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Watanabe Shozaburo — 渡辺
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Watanabe Shoichiro — 渡辺章一郎
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Large Oban
	Format (this edition):	Large Oban
	DB artwork code:	34549
	Notes (first edition)?:	Title Maiko Artist Toyonari Yamamura 1885-1942 Signature Toyonari. Seal Red seal (toyonari) on the left margin. Dated 1924. Medium/Technique Woodblock print. Description "Maiko". Width Item 11.0 inches = 28.0 cm Height Item 15.7 inches = 40.0 cm
	Notes (this edition)?:	The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies: Friday, 12 November 2010 TOYONARI YAMAMURA (KOKA) A Maiko Girl Date: originally published 1920 by Watanabe, this is a later edition hand printed from the original wood blocks Size: oban, with full margins, 11.5" X 16.25" Condition: Fine, no flaws, uncirculated print, never framed Impression: Fine, solid key lines, nice surface texture, tight registration, very fine silver mica background Color: Fine, deep saturated color and bleed through to verso Documentation: See page 90 of The Female Image: 20th Century Prints of Japanese Beauties, Hotei, 2000 The appearance of an apprentice geisha in Kyoto in the 1920s. The word Maiko literally translates to “dancing child” (mai = dance, ko = child), but is also referred to as “dancing girl.” A Maiko is an apprentice Geisha who must must undergo a period of training that generally takes 5 years, where she learns the various gei (arts) such as dancing, singing, and music before she becomes a Geisha. Maiko is also a feminine Japanese given name. This print marks the first time since the Watanabe began issuing its line of atozuri prints in the late '90s, that blocks have been located for a pre-earthquake design. According to Shoichiro Watanabe, the blocks for this design was returned to the Toyonari family after printing, and so they were not in the Watanabe studio when it was destroyed in the fire following the Great Kanto Earthquake of October 1923.