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Notes (1st edition)
Publisher (this edition): Not Set Murakami
Date of this item:
Notes (this edition)
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Monday, 21 March 2005


Title August - Collection of New Ukiyoe Style Beauties
Artist Sengai Igawa 1876-1961
Signature Sengai
Seal artist's seal
Dated 1924
Technique/Medium Woodblock print
Impression excellent … embossed
Colors very good … gold colored metallic pigment
Condition fair … several small paper cracks around the hair ornament, water stains on the face, moisture spots and stains on the background and margins.
Description From the series, "Shin Ukiyo-e Bijin Awase" (Collection of New Ukiyo-e Style Beauties), "Shigatsu-gatsu: Hana-fubuki" (April: the Shower of Flower Petals).
Format Dai-Oban
Width 11.2 inches = 28.5 cm
Height 17.7 inches = 45.0 cm
Width of Image 9.4 inches = 23.8 cm
Height of Image 15.2 inches = 38.6 cm
Literature Newland, Amy R.; and S. Hamanaka, "The Female Image: 20th Century Prints of Japanese Beauties", Leiden: Hotei, 2000, ISBN 90 74822 20 7, - pg.203, pl.5
Sunday, 30 November 2008

ARTIST: Igawa, Sengai (1876-1961)
SERIES: Collection of New Ukiyo-e Beauties
TITLE OR SUBJECT: Rain of Blossoms, April
SIGNATURE AND SEAL: Signature and seal
DATE OR CIRCA: Not dated (1924)
PAPER SIZE: 17 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches
IMPRESSION/COLOR/CONDITION: Good/Good/Good
CONDITION DETAILS: Dark oxidation toning, detachment marks left corners verso, otherwise good state
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