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Sexy Woman — 艶の女
by Miyata Masayuki (1926-1997)

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	Artist:	Miyata Masayuki (1926-1997) — 宮田 雅之
	Title:	Sexy Woman — 艶の女
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	circa 1970-1990
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Momose
	Medium (first edition):	Oil painting
	Format (first edition):	Oban
	Notes (first edition)?:	This is a beautiful original woodblock print by noted sosaku hanga printmaker Masayuki Miyata. It measures about 14.5 x 10.5” image size, plus margins. Exceptionally fine condition, never framed or mounted in any way. Superb color and impression.
	Artist Bio:	Miyata Masayuki (宮田 雅之), was born in Tokyo in 1926. He is mainly known as a kiri-e (papercutting) artist. He was discovered by the famous writer Tanizaki Jun'ichiro. A few years before his death, in 1995, he was selected as the year's official artist for the United Nations. He made illustrations for modern publications of Japanese classic literature, including Oku no Hosomichi (The Narrow Road to Oku), The Tale of Genji, and The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter. Still, he also made woodblock prints that were mainly executed in the style of papercuttings. He is an artist that is much more known in the East than in the West.