Notes (this edition) These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.: | Saturday, 6 August 2005
Artist Ishikawa Toraji Series Ten types of female nudes Title Morning Date Of Work 1935 Publisher Ryoku-uso Gashitsu Dimensions 19.125 x 14.625 Condition 1st Ed. Fine impresson, color and condition. Very slightly toned at edges from original folder. Still has original onion skin title sheet. Notes Price
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Artist: Ishikawa, Toraji (1875-1964) Series: 10 Nudes Title or Subject: Morning Signature or Seal: Signature and seal Date or Circa: 1935 Paper Size: 19 1/2 x 15 inches Impression/Color/Condition: Good/Good/Good
Description: Good state
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Morning Artist: Ishikawa Toraji Format: Dai Oban tate-e: 19" x 14.75"
Subject: A girl sits on a red stool to dry her hair, after her morning bath.
Date: 1934
Condition: Full size. Slightly rubbed on verso. Minor creases and marks. Generally fine state.
Colour: Fine colors.
Impression: Fine impression with gauffrage
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Wednesday, 23 August 2006
Shin Hanga: Morning Artist: Ishikawa Toraji Format: Dai oban tate-e: 19" x 15" approx
Subject: A first edition example of 'Morning' from the series 'Ten Types of Female Nude'.
A student of Koyama Shotaro, Toraji Ishikawa entered his paintings in several exhibitions of the Meiji Fine Arts Society. One of the founding members of the Taiheiyo Gakai in 1901, he traveled in Europe and the US in the early 1900s. He exhibited at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco in 1915. Toraji received the Imperial Award of the Japan Art Academy in 1950. His prints include Inland Sea Landscapes (1930s) and the series "Ten Types of Female Nude"
Date: 1934
Condition: Full size with large margins (not shown in scan). Minor blemishes, marks and flaws. A printer's crease in bottom margin. Generally very good state of preservation.
Colour: Fine
Impression: Fine 1st edition impression with gauffrage
Other Notes: See: The Female Image, Pl. 238
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Title Ten Types of Female Nudes - Morning Artist Toraji Ishikawa 1875-1964 Signature "Ishikawa". Seal Artist's seal ("tora"). Dated 1935. Medium/Technique Woodblock print. Impression Excellent - very good … Embossed. Printed on a "Ishikawa Toraji" water marked paper. Colors Excellent … Metallic pigment on the shoes. Condition Very good … Slightly toned. Margins slightly creased. A light horizontal crease, about 4 inches long, on the upper middle area. The original thin transparent paper is still attached to the print at the right margin. Description "Asa". From the series "Rajo Jusshu" ("Ten Types of Female Nudes"). The series has been Toraji Ishikawa's most famous works. Note Carver Yamagishi Kazue, Printer Matsuzaki Keisaburo. Width Item 14.6 inches = 37.0 cm Height Item 19.3 inches = 49.0 cm Width Image 11.6 inches = 29.5 cm Height Image 15.0 inches = 38.0 cm |
Saturday, 24 June 2006
Shin Hanga: Ten Types of Female Nude: Morning Artist: Ishikawa Toraji Format: Dai oban tate-e: 19" x 15" approx
Subject: From the fine series 'Ten Types of Female Nude', a young woman in the bathhouse drying her hair.
A student of Koyama Shotaro, Toraji Ishikawa entered his paintings in several exhibitions of the Meiji Fine Arts Society. One of the founding members of the Taiheiyo Gakai in 1901, he traveled in Europe and the US in the early 1900s. He exhibited at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco in 1915. Toraji received the Imperial Award of the Japan Art Academy in 1950. His prints include Inland Sea Landscapes (1930s) and the series "Ten Types of Female Nudes" (1934).
Date: 1935
Condition: Full size. Minor marks and flaws. Generally fine state.
Colour: Fine 1st edition impression (distinguished by the absence of the Japanese character in right margin, which was added for the second edition onwards), with gauffrage
Impression: Fine
Other Notes: Ref: 'The Female Image, Pl. 238
Estimated Value: ?1500 - ?2000
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