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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Monday, 7 February 2005
You are bidding on a very special LARGE original Japanese woodblock print?? “Bijin, Applying Make-up” signed by the famous Taisho/Showa artist Otake Goyo. Otake Goyo was very famous in traditional Japanese Bijin woodblock prints, but he only made a few pieces of artwork in his whole lifetime. The size of the woodblock print is 22 x 17inches, which is much larger than the standard sized woodblock prints. Four borders are intact. The artist’s pencil signature and red chop stamp are in the lower right bottom border, and 76/150 written by pencil, which means the 76th print out of 150 prints, is in the lower left bottom border. At the lower left corner of the print, there is an embossed word “KoKey”, which I guess is the publisher’s seal. The colors, which are vivid and vibrant, are clearly in layers. This woodblock print is not attached to any backing paper or cardboard and slight ink bleeding can be seen through the back of the original thick Japanese Washi paper. As far as I can tell, there are no stains, foxing or defect, this woodblock print is in perfect condition. |
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