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| Artist: | Oda Tomiya (b. 1896) — 小田富弥 |
| Title: | August - A Sheer Summer Kimono — 八月 すきや |
| Series: | Bijin Print Collection — 版画美人集 |
| Date of first edition?: | 1935/9 |
| Date of this artwork?: | 1935 (may not be accurate) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Osaka Woodblock Print Company — 大阪木版社 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Osaka Woodblock Print Company — 大阪木版社 |
| 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: | 48022 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Published title: 八月 すきや (August：A Sheer Summer Kimono)
Commonly used unofficial title: "Evening Cool - A Beauty with Fan" （夕涼み - 団扇を持つ）
Description: A bijin is holding a blue round fan. She is wearing a sheer black "Ro" kimono. The see-through arms and undergarments' designs were masterfully carved and printed.
Published by Osaka Mokuhansha (Osaka Woodblock Print Company) on the 18th of September, 1930. I have confirmed the title and dating of this print because my copy was fortunately housed in the publisher's original presentation folder. The rarity of this scene meant that the correct title remained unknown for a prolonged period, resulting in the more generic title of "Beauty with Fan" being adopted.
This print is from a series that was meant to be published monthly to subscription clients of the publisher, with one print being published per month. However, it appears only two prints were ever published: this print, and "An Evening in July" (七月 - 夕べ): see here for this scene.
Medium/Technique Woodblock print.
Width Item 11.2 inches = 28.5 cm
Height Item 16.9 inches = 43.0 cm
Artist: Oda Tomiya (1896-?)
Signature: Tomiya.
Publisher: Osaka mokuhan-sha (大阪木版社) written in the lower left margin and the seal above the publisher cartouche at lower right.
Signature: "Tomiya saku" (created by Tomiya) とみ弥作
Seals:
Carver: Yamada Sotojiro 山田外次郎
The accompanying folder also lists Yamaguchi Zoroku 山口蔵六 and "社中数名" (perhaps meaning "several other company employees") as carvers.
Printer: Naito Koshi 内藤古紫.
Supervisor: Fujikawa Rohei 藤川路平
Very rare. |
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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:
In the collection of Ross Walker collection (Ohmi Gallery). |
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| Series Information: |
| This series was meant to be published monthly to subscription clients of the publisher, with one print being published per month. However, it appears only two prints were ever published: , "August：A Sheer Summer Kimono" (八月 すきや), and "An Evening in July" (七月 - 夕べ): see here for this scene. Published in August/September of 1930. |
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| Artist Bio: |
Oda Tomiya was a popular magazine and newspaper illustrator of the Taisho era. However, only three Tomiya "bijin-ga" woodblock prints are known to have been published, two via Osaka Woodblock Print Company and one via the publisher Adachi. All three of these prints are rarely seen on the market nowadays. He is rumoured to have published one other woodblock print scene called "Yusuzumi" (Evening Cool) via a private publisher, however I have to this date not seen even a single example of this print. Yusuzumi is mentioned in this note from a Hanga-do document ( http://www.hanga-do.com/img/Hangadomeiran104.pdf ):
版画は、刊年不明だが昭和初期頃（昭和 9 年頃）と 思われる木版画《夕涼み》（白耀社版）、《七月 夕べ》《八 月 すきや》（大阪木版社版）などの美人画の制作がある。
Yusuzumi is the act of enjoying the summer evening while cooling off outdoors at dusk after a hot summer day, or when the heat of the day has subsided.
小田富弥は、北野恒富に日本画をまなび、大正末期より
挿絵界を描くようになりました。時代小説、
とくに股旅(またたび)もので活躍し、岩田専太郎とならぶ
人気画家となります。挿絵に情熱を失い、戦後は紙芝居などを製作。
平成2年1月13日死去。94歳。岡山県出身。
作品[編集]
「櫛を持つ女」 木版画 1935年頃
「夕涼み」木版画 1935年頃
「夕涼み」木版画 1935年頃
「芸妓」 絹本着色
「引札」 絹本着色
「読書」 絹本着色
「すずめ」 紙本 墨 鉛筆
「鷺娘」絹本着色 1983年（88歳） 資延勲の依頼による作品
「嫁ぐ日近し」 絹本着色 1984年（89歳） 資延勲の依頼による作品
「山邨晴日」 絹本着色 「志峰」と落款 |
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