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Notes (1st edition)
Publisher (this edition): Watanabe Shozaburo Murakami Watanabe Shozaburo
Date of this item: 1924 1924 1924
Notes (this edition)
These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.:
Sunday, 30 November 2008

ARTIST: Igawa, Sengai (1876-1961)
SERIES: Collection of New Ukiyo-e Beauties
TITLE OR SUBJECT: Full Moon (printed with mica), August
SIGNATURE AND SEAL: Signature and seals
DATE OR CIRCA: Not dated (1924)
PAPER SIZE: 17 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches
IMPRESSION/COLOR/CONDITION: Good/Good/Good
CONDITION DETAILS: Faint mat line from original folio, detachment marks left corners verso, otherwise good state
Sunday, 13 November 2005

Artist: Sengai Igawa 1876-1961
Signature: Sengai - and seal
Publisher: Watanabe
Date: 1924
Size: 28,1 x 44,0 cm
Format: dai-oban
Title: "Shin ukiyo-e bijin awase hachi-gatsu"
Tsuki"
Collection of Beautiful Women in the Neo-Ukiyo-e Style
"Tsuki"
August Moon
Impression: fine - , silver printing and shomen zuri
Colors: fine
Condition: very good - , some dirt on top left corner, minor faults
Literature: Newland, Amy R. and S. Hamanaka, The female image - 20th century prints of Japanese beauties, Abe Publ. Ltd. And Hotei Publishing, Tokyo / Leiden, Japan / The Netherlands 2000, ISBN=90-74822-20-7, Reference: , pg. 101, no. 131
Monday, January 17, 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 excellent … silver colored metallic pigment, mica lightly sprinkled on the hair
Condition good … several paper cracks on the oji at the lower right area otherwise in excellent condition.
Description From the series, "Shin Ukiyo-e Bijin Awase" (Collection of New Ukiyo-e Style Beauties), "Hachi-gatsu: Tsuki" (August: the Moon).
Note All the prints in this series tend to crack where they were printed with mineral pigments. The pigments make the paper brittle over time.
Format Dai-Oban
Width 11.2 inches = 28.5 cm
Height 17.4 inches = 44.3 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.101, pl.131
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