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| Artist: | Nakayama Shuko — 中山秋湖 |
| Title: | August - Shy |
| Series: | New Ukiyo-e Beauties — 新浮世絵美人合 |
| 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: | 35968 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Title Collection of New Ukiyo-e Style Beauties - Shy
Artist Shuko Nakayama active in 1920s
Signature Shuko.
Seal Artist's seal.
Dated 1924.
Medium/Technique Woodblock print.
Description From the series, "Shin Ukiyo-e Bijin Awase" (Collection of New Ukiyo-e Style Beauties) August. "Hazukashiki Hito" (Shy Person).
Width Item 10.9 inches = 27.8 cm
Height Item 16.7 inches = 42.5 cm |
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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:
Original Japanese woodblock print by Nakayama Shuko (dates unknown), titled "August - Shy" from the series "Shin Ukiyoe Awase" (Collection of New Ukiyo-e Beauties), 1924. This design was published by Murakami. And is illustrated at plate 132 in. According to the Editor's Notes on page 202 of "The Female Image: 20th Century Prints of Japanese Beauties", Amy Reigle Newland and Hamanaka Shinji, eds., 2000, the Collection of New Ukiyo-e Beauties contains a number of sets of twelve images on the theme of the 12 months by different artists.
The print is slightly faded and lightly soiled and rubbed. There is a thin spot in the bottom right image and a light crease to the top left corner. The image measures 15 1/8 by 9 1/4 inches, plus margins.
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