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| Artist: | Asuga Manjiro |
| Title: | Woman Washing Her Hair |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1930 (in the decade of) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Self |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Self |
| 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: | 45006 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
MANJIRO ASUGA
Woman Washing Her Hair
Date: 1930s, designed, carved and printed by the artist
Size: dai-oban, approx. 11" x 17.25"
Condition: VG, creases and minor flaws as shown, excellent example of a rare Asuga design
Impression: Fine, excellent registration and good surface texture.
Color: Fine, deep saturated color and bleed through to verso
Exceptional bijin-ga design by sosaku hanga artist Manjiro Asuga. |
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| Artist Bio: |
Manjiro Asuga was born in Kyoto and was the second elder brother of another famous sosaku hanga artist, Maekawa Senpan. Although he was active in sosaku hanga circle as his brother, he was more interested in the traditional Japanese motifs such as Noh theatre, Otsu-e.
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