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| Notes (1st edition) | Title Maiko Artist Toyonari Yamamura 1885-1942 Signature Toyonari. Seal Red seal (toyonari) on the left margin. Dated 1924. Medium/Technique Woodblock print. Description "Maiko". Width Item 11.0 inches = 28.0 cm Height Item 15.7 inches = 40.0 cm | ||||||
| Publisher (this edition): | Watanabe Shozaburo | Watanabe Shozaburo | Watanabe Shozaburo | Watanabe Shozaburo | Ishukankokai | Watanabe Shozaburo | Watanabe Shoichiro |
| Date of this item: | 1924 | 1924 | 1924 | 1924 | 1970s/80s | 1970s/80s | 2010s |
| Notes (this edition) These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.: | ?? ???? ??13?? |
Thursday, 22 January 2009 Title Maiko Artist Toyonari Yamamura 1885-1942 Signature Toyonari. Seal Red seal (toyonari) on the left margin. Dated 1924. Medium/Technique Woodblock print. Impression Excellent - very good … Embossed. Colors Very good … Metallic pigments, solid mica background. Condition Very good … Paper toning, slightly soiled, slight creases on the background. Description "Maiko". Width Item 11.0 inches = 28.0 cm Height Item 15.7 inches = 40.0 cm |
TOYONARI Maiko, 1924 Fine impression and condition, top edge very slightly soiled 40.2x27.8cm. |
Artist: Yamamura Toyonari (1885 - 1942) Title: Maiko, Oban. Date: c1924. Condition: A,B,5. |
Wednesday, 16 August 2006 This beautiful reprint was published by the Ishukankokai Publisher of Tokyo in a limited edition of 100 pieces. They quickly sold out and are very difficult to come by these days. It is an excellent quality print of Toyonari's Maiko of Kyoto, rivaling the 1924 release. Signed- Toyonari ga, with artist’s seal- Toyonari Publisher- Ishukankokai Publisher of Tokyo (with red "moneybag" seal) Image size- 10 1/2" x 16 1/8" (+ full margins) Sheet size- 13" x 18 7/8" Condition- Perfect condition with no flaws to note. Excellent color, perfectly emulating Goyo's original. No fading, fine linework, rivaling the first edition Goyo prints. This print has been stored only, never framed. |
Maiko by Yamamura Koka (Toyonari). Genuine woodblock print. Later Showa era impression. Very good condition. Fine color and impression. 19.2 x 13.0 inches. Narazaki publisher's seal, Ito carver's seal, Uchigawa printer's seal and watermark in left margin. Strong ink bleedthrough. Nice use of silver mica in background and gold mica on kimono. Compare to same image on page 90 "The Female Image 20th Century prints of Japanese Beauties". |
Friday, 12 November 2010 TOYONARI YAMAMURA (KOKA) A Maiko Girl Date: originally published 1920 by Watanabe, this is a later edition hand printed from the original wood blocks Size: oban, with full margins, 11.5" X 16.25" Condition: Fine, no flaws, uncirculated print, never framed Impression: Fine, solid key lines, nice surface texture, tight registration, very fine silver mica background Color: Fine, deep saturated color and bleed through to verso Documentation: See page 90 of The Female Image: 20th Century Prints of Japanese Beauties, Hotei, 2000 The appearance of an apprentice geisha in Kyoto in the 1920s. The word Maiko literally translates to “dancing child” (mai = dance, ko = child), but is also referred to as “dancing girl.” A Maiko is an apprentice Geisha who must must undergo a period of training that generally takes 5 years, where she learns the various gei (arts) such as dancing, singing, and music before she becomes a Geisha. Maiko is also a feminine Japanese given name. This print marks the first time since the Watanabe began issuing its line of atozuri prints in the late '90s, that blocks have been located for a pre-earthquake design. According to Shoichiro Watanabe, the blocks for this design was returned to the Toyonari family after printing, and so they were not in the Watanabe studio when it was destroyed in the fire following the Great Kanto Earthquake of October 1923. |