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| Artist: | Uemura Shoen (1875-1949) — 上村 松園 |
| Title: | Series album cover and title |
| Series: | Customs and Manners of Beautiful Women — 松園美人画譜 |
| Date of first edition?: | 1909 |
| Date of this artwork?: | 1913 (may not be accurate) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Not Set |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Not Set |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Chuban
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| Format (this edition): | Chuban |
| DB artwork code: | 47394 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Thanks to Andrew for this entry.
Here is the complete Shoen Bijin Gafu (松園美人画譜) including cover, contents page, and colophon. The date for this edition is Taisho 2 (1913), and in libraries there appear to be slightly earlier editions from Meiji 42 (1909). Unsodo in Kyoto is the publisher. (They have also republished three of these designs recently using the original blocks, and are selling them now.) The book is oban size, while the printed area is a bit smaller, maybe chuban? Possibly because the book is relatively large, it was stored folded for many years and has a permanent center fold. It has dirt and grime on some pages, and the red cover has bled through slightly to the first picture. There also appears to be oxidizaton of some of the dyes, particularly in faces and hands, but overall condition is reasonable.
The book has 12 woodblocks of bijin both from the time when the prints were made, and from history. |
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| Artist Bio: |
上村松園
略歴：美術評価額６０００万、文化勲章、帝技、芸術院会員、
師竹内栖鳳、松篁の母、美人、京都、没年昭和２４年、享年７５歳。 |
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