| | |
| Artist: | Shimura Tatsumi (1907-1980) — 志村立美 |
| Title: | Reflection in a Mirror- Marumage — Marumage (Natsu) |
| Series: | Gendai Bijin Fuzoku Gotai |
| Date of first edition?: | 1952 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Nihon Hanga Kenkyusho |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Nihon Hanga Kenkyusho |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Large Oban
|
| Format (this edition): | Large Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 46128 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Dating of 1952, written on the original first-edition folders, has been confirmed by a collector.
In regards to the scene, "Late Summer", a collector in Finland as stated "My mother in law got it from a Japanese Olympic delegate in Helsinki 1952". As the most common dating of this series is *circa* 1953, I think it is now most likely that this series was first published in 1952.
See my article at Ohmi Gallery for details of this series and the various editions.
Title Marumage
Artist Tatsumi Shimura 1907-1980
Signature "Tatsumi".
Seal Artist's seal.
Dated 1953. There are also several later limited-editions (150, 200, and 300), as well as a large open (unlimited) edition.
Publisher Nihon Hanga Kenkyu-jo (Tokyo).
Description "Gendai Bijin Fuzoku Gotai" (Five Figures of Modern Beauties" ) "Maru-mage" was a type of traditional hair style for the married women.
Format Dai-Oban
Width Item 11.6 inches = 29.5 cm
Height Item 18.1 inches = 46.0 c |
|
| Notes (this edition)?: |
| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
作者 志村立美
作品名 丸髷
制作年代 昭和28年刊の現代美人風俗五態の内の1点です。
作品サイズ 38.0×25.0
用紙サイズ 46.0×29.0
作品は経年の感は有りますが概ね良好です。
余白部分に少し点状のシミが出ています。画像にてご確認願います |
|
| Artist Bio: |
Tatsumi Shimura is known for designing several striking bijin-ga prints towards the end of the Shin Hanga movement. Born in Takasaki, Gunma, Shimura's real name was Sentaro. In 1921, he began studying art with Yamakawa Saiho, a well-known illustrator. Three years later, he became an apprentice of Saiho's son, Yamakawa Shuho, who was also a bijin-ga artist. Shimura exhibited paintings with Kyodotai in 1927 and with Seikinkai in 1938. He became known for his paintings of beautiful women with long eyelashes and blurred pupils. As a young man, Tatsumi also worked as an illustrator for newspapers, serialized novels, and magazines, notably for the Japanese magazine "Woman's world" (Fujokai). His most famous illustrations were for the novel Tange Sazen by Hayashi Fubo. From 1948 to 1952, Shimura designed several woodblock prints of beauties that were published by Kato Junji. Later he collaborated with the Japanese Institute of Prints (Nihon Hanga Kenkyusho) to create a series called "Five figures of modern beauties" (Gendai bijin fuzoku gotai). These prints were first published in 1953 in an edition size of 200 and contain a thin red rectangular Gihachiro supervisor seal (Okuyama Gihachiro was the founder of the publisher). The series was later reprinted using recarved blocks in the 1960s/70s/80s in other edition sizes of 100, 200, and 300, plus an open (unlimited) edition (see here for further details). They depict Japanese women in traditionally feminine poses and attire. The finely detailed figures are juxtaposed against very simple backgrounds. Tatsumi later published various other gorgeous bijin-ga in double-oban size via the publisher Momose in the 1980s.
志村立美（しむら たつみ、1907年2月17日 - 1980年5月4日）は、日本画家、挿絵画家・ 美人画家である。群馬県高崎市生まれ。本名 仙太郎。群馬県高崎市生まれ。 神奈川県立神奈川工業高等学校図案科を中退して、1924年（大正13年）山川秀峰に入門美人画を修める。 当時、山川秀峰は鏑木清方と伊藤深 水と共に、挿絵での活動もしていた。 山川秀峰の推薦を受け、立美も挿絵での活動を行うようになる。肉筆画も鏑木清方主宰の郷土会、師である山川秀峰、伊東深水らの主宰する青衿会等へ出品をする。 その後主婦の友・婦女 界などの雑誌口絵などでその名を知られるようになり、林不忘原作の丹下左膳の挿絵などで岩田専太郎と並ぶ人気画家となる。晩年、挿絵での活動を休止し、本来の立美の原点である日本画、美人画への回帰をしていく。 出版美術家連 盟会長などをつとめ、1976年（昭和51年）作品集『美人百態』で日本作家クラブ賞を受賞する。「現代女性十二態 花吹雪」 木版 東京国立近代美術館所蔵 |
|
