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| Artist: | Nakayama Shuko — 中山秋湖 |
| Title: | May Showers- Gogatsu Samidare |
| Series: | New Ukiyo-e Beauties — 新浮世絵美人合 |
| Date of first edition?: | 1924 (circa) |
| Date of this artwork?: | c 1924 (may not be accurate) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Murakami |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Murakami |
| 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: | 44355 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Title May - Collection of New Ukiyoe Style Beauties
Artist Shuko Nakayama active in 1920s
Signature Shuko
Seal artist's seal (Shuko)
Dated 1924
Publisher Daikokuya
Technique/Medium Woodblock print
Description From the series, "Shin Ukiyo-e Bijin Awase" (Collection of New Ukiyo-e Style Beauties), "Go-gatsu: Samidare" (May: Rain in May).
Note All the prints in this series tend to crack where they were printed with mineral pigments. The pigments make the paper brittle over time.
Format Dai-Oban
Width 11.2 inches = 28.5 cm
Height 17.4 inches = 44.3 cm
Width of Image 9.4 inches = 23.9 cm
Height of Image 15.2 inches = 38.6 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, - pg. 99, pl.127 |
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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:
Artist: Shuko
Title: May Rain
Series: New Ukiyo-e Beauties
Medium: Woodblock Print
Publisher: Nihon Mokuhan Insatsu kabushikigaisha
Seals: Shuko
Date: 1924
Size: 17" x 11"
Signature: Shuko
Condition: Very good color, impression and overall state |
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