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| Artist: | Kondo Shiun — 紫雲 |
| Title: | Rural Woman |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1900 (in the decade of) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Bungei Kurabu — 文芸倶楽部 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Not Set |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Kuchi-e
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| Format (this edition): | Kuchi-e |
| DB artwork code: | 38931 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Title Girl in the Early Spring
rare: kuchi-e
Artist Shiun Kondo active in 1910-30s
Signature Shiun.
Dated Ca. 1910s.
Publisher Bungei Kurabu.
Medium/Technique Woodblock print.
Description From Bungei Kurabu novel, "Saotome" in vol.20, No.8. A young farm worker is covering her hair with a cloth. A flock of swallows are flying by. This print was the only design Shiun had made for kuchi-e publication. Although he made numerous woodblock prints depicting the aftermath of the Kanto Earthquake in 1923, but nothing was known about this enigmatic artist.
Width Item 8.3 inches = 21.0 cm
Height Item 11.4 inches = 29.0 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:
2006年2月24日
Title Rural Woman - Kuchi-e
Artist Shiun Kondo active in 1910-30s
Signature Shiun
Seal Artist's seal
Dated 1914
Medium/Technique Woodblock print
Impression very good
Colors very good
Condition good … two horizontal folds usual for kuchi-e, black transfer ink stains on the upper area, slightly soiled and creased, a worm track (1/4 inch long) on the right lower area, album backing.
Description Rural woman and three swallows. Kuchi-e illustration for Bungei Kurabu Vol.20, #8.
Width Item 8.4 inches = 21.3 cm
Height Item 11.5 inches = 29.3 cm
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