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| Artist: | Nakayama Shuko — 中山秋湖 |
| Title: | May Showers- Gogatsu Samidare |
| Series: | New Ukiyo-e Beauties — 新浮世絵美人合 |
| Date of first edition?: | 1924 (circa) |
| Date of this artwork?: | c 1924 (may not be accurate) |
| 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: | 36987 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Title May - Collection of New Ukiyoe Style Beauties
Artist Shuko Nakayama active in 1920s
Signature Shuko
Seal artist's seal (Shuko)
Dated 1924
Publisher Daikokuya
Technique/Medium Woodblock print
Description From the series, "Shin Ukiyo-e Bijin Awase" (Collection of New Ukiyo-e Style Beauties), "Go-gatsu: Samidare" (May: Rain in May).
Note All the prints in this series tend to crack where they were printed with mineral pigments. The pigments make the paper brittle over time.
Format Dai-Oban
Width 11.2 inches = 28.5 cm
Height 17.4 inches = 44.3 cm
Width of Image 9.4 inches = 23.9 cm
Height of Image 15.2 inches = 38.6 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. 99, pl.127 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Gogatsu Samidare (May Showers) from the series Twelve months of new Ukiyoe Beauties by Nakayama Shuko. Original woodblock print circa 1924. Fine color, condition and impression. Washi toned on verso. Nice texture and ink bleedthrough. Series, title and artist's characters in right margin. Artist's signature and red seal in upper right of image. 17.2 x 11.1 inches. Compare to same print on page 99 of the book The Female Image 20th Century Prints of Japanese Beauties.
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