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| Artist: | Narita Morikane |
| Title: | Combing the Hair |
| Series: | 24 Figures of Charming Women — 艶姿二十四孝 |
| Date of first edition?: | 1931 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Shinbisha |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Shinbisha |
| 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: | 40039 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Title Twenty-four Figures of Charming Women - Combing the Hair
Artist Morikane Narita fl.ca. 1930s
Signature "Morikane".
Seal Artist's seal.
Dated 1931.
Publisher Shinbisha.
Medium/Technique Woodblock print.
Description From the series "Adesugata Niju-shi Ko" ("Twenty-four Figures of Charming Women"). A beauty is combing her long hair after a dip in a small stream. Her Kimono is hanging on a branch besides her.
Format Dai-Oban
Width Item 11.2 inches = 28.5 cm
Height Item 16.7 inches = 42.5 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, - Pl. 203 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Saturday, 17 February 2007
Shin Hanga: 24 Figures of Charming Women: Combing the Hair
Artist: Narita Morikane
Format: Dai oban tate-e: 16.75" x 11.25"
Subject: From the series 'Twenty Four Figues of Charming Women'. A naked girl combing her hair beside a stream. Her kimono hanging over a bush to dry. A flowering Thistle in the foreground.
Date: 1931
Condition: Full size. Glue traces and two small thinned patches at top corners on verso. Minor creases marks and flaws. Generally good state of preservation.
Colour: Fine with some migration of red from the publisher's seals into the left margin.
Impression: Fine with gauffrage
Estimated Value: £650 - £800 |
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