Spring Sentiment — 春愁
by Ishida Waka (1922-)

	Artist:	Ishida Waka (1922-) — 石田和歌
	Title:	Spring Sentiment — 春愁
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	circa 1970-1990
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Yuyudo — 悠々洞出
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Yuyudo — 悠々洞出
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Double Oban
	Format (this edition):	Double Oban
	DB artwork code:	38781
	Notes (first edition)?:	美人木版画 石田和歌 春愁 260/450 悠々洞出版 サイズは、縦55横41センチ程です。
	Notes (this edition)?:	The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies: Monday, 26 December 2005 You are bidding on a very LARGE, rare and beautiful original Japanese woodblock print “Spring Sentiment” signed by the famous Taisho/Showa Shin-Hanga master Ishida Waka published by the well-known printmaker YuYudo. Ishida Waka was specialized in bijin-ga (woodblock print of beauties), the genre of the depiction of beautiful women. The women in her woodblock prints look very fashionable, trendy, beautiful and cute- with luscious eyelashes and sensual lipstick mouths. Ishida Waka was mainly a traditional Japanese painter so she did not create many bijin-ga prints before she died. The designs of her woodblock prints have an individual style and are something special - and beautiful. The size of this woodblock print is 21 ½ x 16 inches, which is much larger than the ordinary Shin-Hanga woodblock prints. The colors, which are vivid and vibrant, are in layers. This woodblock print is not attached any backing paper or cardboard. Ink bleeding can be seen through the back of the original Japanese mulberry Washi paper. All four borders are intact. The artist’s signature and his chop mark are at the lower left corner of the print and in the right corner of the bottom border. In the lower left border of this woodblock print, there are the carver’s and the printer’s chop marks. At the left of the bottom border, it is pencil writing 215/450, means this is the 215th print out of 450 total prints. The publisher YuYuDo’s seal is in the lower right border. Listed again at #7402425115 on March 27th!
	Artist Bio:	The artist Ishida Waka (石田和歌) is one of the few female painters in what has traditionally been a male-dominated profession. She is primarily known as a painter, but some of her works were published in the woodblock print format by the publisher Yuyudo in the 1970s and 80s. In the 1970s and 80s her works were regularly exhibited at the Takashimaya Department Store in Tokyo. A collection of her works was published in 1991 under the title "石田和歌画集" (Ishida Waka Artworks Collection).