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| Notes (1st edition) | Sunday, 2 December 2007 | ||
| Publisher (this edition): | Baba Nobuhiko | Baba Nobuhiko | Baba Nobuhiko |
| Date of this item: | 1935 | 1935 | 1935 |
| Notes (this edition) These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.: | Saturday, 19 December 2009 92. Domoto Insho (1891-1975) The New Year痴 toilette. A young woman holding up a hand-mirror adjusting the back of her traditional coiffure; part of New Year痴 decorations is visible on the left. Signed Insho and artist痴 seal Insho. First edition, with mica background, published by Baba Nobuhiko in Kyoto. With the original wrapper and attached label giving the date Showa 6 (1931). Impression no. 60 of 250. Format dai oban, 51x36 cm. For two later impressions, without mica and dated 1935 on the margin see Newland and Shinji no.234, Brown et al. no. 65. |
First Make-up of the New Year Artist: Domoto Insho Format: Dai Oban tate-e: 19.75" x 14.5 Subject: A young beauty adjusting her coiffure with a hair-pin as she examines herself in a hand-mirror. She is scantilly attired in a see-through silk wrap. This wonderful image is further enhanced by exquisite printing. For a full page illustration see 'The Female Image', Hotei Publications, page 167. Date: 1935 Condition: Superb colors. Full size with large margins. Minor creasing in margins. A light horizontal crease mark. Generally fine state of preservation. Impression: Very fine impression with heavy gauffrage, gold pigment and lacquer on the mirror |
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