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| Artist: | Oda Tomiya (b. 1896) — 小田富弥 |
| Title: | An Evening in July — 七月 夕べ |
| Series: | Bijin Print Collection — 版画美人集 |
| Date of first edition?: | 1930/9 |
| Date of this artwork?: | 1930 (may not be accurate) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Osaka Woodblock Print Company — 大阪木版社 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Osaka Woodblock Print Company — 大阪木版社 |
| 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: | 42057 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Published title: 七月 夕べ (An Evening in July)
Unofficial adopted title: Bijin with Hair Comb （櫛を持つ女）
Published by Osaka Mokuhansha (Osaka Woodblock Print Company) circa August/September of 1930. I have confirmed the dating of its mating print as September 18, 1930 (taken from the publisher's original print folder) so I expect the dating of this print to be very similar. The rarity of this scene meant that the official title remained unknown, resulting in a more generic title of "Bijin with Hair Comb" being adopted. Although the title word 夕べ ("Tabe") means "to eat", it also refers to the period of time of early to mid-evening when the main meal of the day is served, and when the well-to-do head out for a night of fine dining.
This print is from a series that was meant to be published monthly to subscription clients of the publisher. It appears only two prints were ever published: this print, and "八月 すきや" ("August - A Sheer Summer Kimono").: see here for this scene.
Artist: Oda Tomiya (1896-?)
Signature: Tomiya.
Publisher: Osaka mokuhan-sha (大阪木版社) written in the lower left margin and the seal above the publisher cartouche at lower left.
Signature: Tomiya – saku (created) とみ弥作
Seals:
Carver Yamada Tokuzo 山田得三.
Printer: Naito Koshi 内藤古紫.
Supervisor: Fujikawa Rohei 頭: 藤川路平 |
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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:
Thursday, 20 August 2009
Comments - Lovely shin hanga woodblock of a beautiful young woman combing her hair. She wears a blue and white cotton kimono with an embossed white design, one sleeve slipping off her shoulder to reveal her creamy white skin tinged with the palest pink touches. She has a dreamy expression, her dark eyes large and luminous, and her hair is softly arranged with loose tendrils escaping. A wonderful classic 20th century beauty print, beautifully printed with fine details. Would make a striking framed display.
Artist - 20th century artist (not translated)
Image Size - 14 1/4" x 10" + margins as shown
Condition - With excellent color and detail as shown. Slight paper remnants and slight thinning on reverse at three points along top edge from previous folio mounting. Several small tears at edges in margins only, very small losses at three corners, repaired, blends well. Slight toning in margins, a few faint spots. Please see photos for details. Nice overall.
By Osaka Woodblock Print Company |
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| Series Information: |
| This series was meant to be published monthly to subscription clients of the publisher, with one print being published per month. However, it appears only two prints were ever published: , "August：A Sheer Summer Kimono" (八月 すきや), and "An Evening in July" (七月 - 夕べ): see here for this scene. Published in August/September of 1930. |
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| Artist Bio: |
Oda Tomiya was a popular magazine and newspaper illustrator of the Taisho era. However, only three Tomiya "bijin-ga" woodblock prints are known to have been published, two via Osaka Woodblock Print Company and one via the publisher Adachi. All three of these prints are rarely seen on the market nowadays. He is rumoured to have published one other woodblock print scene called "Yusuzumi" (Evening Cool) via a private publisher, however I have to this date not seen even a single example of this print. Yusuzumi is mentioned in this note from a Hanga-do document ( http://www.hanga-do.com/img/Hangadomeiran104.pdf ):
版画は、刊年不明だが昭和初期頃（昭和 9 年頃）と 思われる木版画《夕涼み》（白耀社版）、《七月 夕べ》《八 月 すきや》（大阪木版社版）などの美人画の制作がある。
Yusuzumi is the act of enjoying the summer evening while cooling off outdoors at dusk after a hot summer day, or when the heat of the day has subsided.
小田富弥は、北野恒富に日本画をまなび、大正末期より
挿絵界を描くようになりました。時代小説、
とくに股旅(またたび)もので活躍し、岩田専太郎とならぶ
人気画家となります。挿絵に情熱を失い、戦後は紙芝居などを製作。
平成2年1月13日死去。94歳。岡山県出身。
作品[編集]
「櫛を持つ女」 木版画 1935年頃
「夕涼み」木版画 1935年頃
「夕涼み」木版画 1935年頃
「芸妓」 絹本着色
「引札」 絹本着色
「読書」 絹本着色
「すずめ」 紙本 墨 鉛筆
「鷺娘」絹本着色 1983年（88歳） 資延勲の依頼による作品
「嫁ぐ日近し」 絹本着色 1984年（89歳） 資延勲の依頼による作品
「山邨晴日」 絹本着色 「志峰」と落款 |
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