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Notes (1st edition)Title: Combing Hair limited edition Artist: Kiyoshi Kobayakawa 1897-1948 Signature: Kiyoshi Seal: artist's seal (kobayakawa) Dated: 1931 Publisher: Privately published Technique/Medium: Woodblock print Edition: Size 100 Description: "Kindai Jisei Sho no Uchi, Go, Kurokami" (The Toilet of the Recent Times, No.Five, Black Hair) Young woman is taking a bath and coming her long black hair. The interesting baren works to indicate the airy and luminous vapor on the background. Note: "Hyakumai kagiri Zeppan: dai 28 ban" in Japanese stamped on the left margin. Width 11.8 inches = 30.0 cm Height 20.5 inches = 52.0 cm Width of Image 11.0 inches = 28.0 cm Height of Image 19.5 inches = 49.5 cm
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Notes (this edition)
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Thursday, 2 October 2008

ARTIST: Kobayakawa, Kiyoshi (1896-1948)
SERIES: KINDAI JISEI SHO (Modern Fashionable Styles), seld published
TITLE OR SUBJECT: Black hair
SIGNATURE AND SEAL: Artist signature and seal, carver/printer seal for Tadano Shichinosuke and Ono Tomisaburo
DATE OR CIRCA: Not dated (1931)
PAPER SIZE: 20 3/4 x 12 inches
IMPRESSION/COLOR/CONDITION: Good/Good/Good
CONDITION DETAILS: No discernable repairs, light toning, light wear and minor soiling, good state
Wednesday, 30 August 2006

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Artist Kiyoshi Kobayakawa
Series: Female Image #193
SeriesNumber: ?/100
Year: 1931
Size: 21 1/4" x 12"
Impression: Very Good
Color: Very Good
Condition: Very Good - 2 binding holes left margin,
Comments: A very scarce print in any condition. Red Kiyoshi seal bottom left.
Saturday, 26 November 2005

Title Combing Hair
limited edition
Artist Kiyoshi Kobayakawa 1897-1948
Signature Kiyoshi
Seal artist's seal (kobayakawa)
Dated 1931
Publisher Privately published
Technique/Medium Woodblock print
Impression excellent … countour embossed luminous effect, towel embossed
Colors excellent - very good
Condition very good … slight toning and soils, slight horizontal creases. (To see the backside of this print, please click on the image to the last enlargement.)
Edition Size 100
Numbered 28 / 100
Description "Kindai Jisei Sho no Uchi, Go, Kurokam" (The Toilet of the Recent Times, No.Five, Black Hair) Young woman is taking a bath and coming her long black hair. The interesting baren works to indicate the airy and luminous vapor on the background.
Note "Hyakumai kagiri Zeppan: dai 28 ban" in Japanese stamped on the left margin.
Width 11.8 inches = 30.0 cm
Height 20.5 inches = 52.0 cm
Width of Image 11.0 inches = 28.0 cm
Height of Image 19.5 inches = 49.5 cm
Saturday, 6 August 2005

Artist Kiyoshi Kobayakawa

Series Women's manners of today

Title #5 Glossy dark hair
Date Of Work 1931

Publisher Privately published

Dimensions 21.25 x 12

Condition Fine impression color and condition

Notes Edition of 100, exact number unreadable.
Artist: Kiyoshi Kobayakawa
Title: Glossy Black Hair
Medium: Original Japanese Woodblock Print
Series: Title Women's Manners of Today, No 5 in the series.
Edition: #54/100
Date: 1931
Publisher: The Artist
Reference No: The Female Image #193; pg. 143
Size: 21 x 12 -1/4 " (naga-oban tate-e)
Condition: Very fine, with superb colors.

Notes: The original presentation folder is included. Limited edition seal 54/100 in lower left margin. Strong blind-stamped embossing outlining her figure. Deep stipple embossing on the small towel that is draped across her lap. Stronger overall condition then example shown in, 'The Female Image'.

Signed and dated: "Showa rokunen ni gatsu" (Showa 6, (1931) 2nd month); and sealed "Kobayakawa". The title: "Kindaijisesho no uchi go Kurokami" in bottom margin.

The print was privately published - blocks carved by Takano Shichinosuke and printed by Ono Tomisaburo.

AN IMPORTANT EARLY 20TH CENTURY BIJIN-E DESIGN.
ARTIST: Kobayakawa Kiyoshi ( 1897-1948)
TITLE: Glossy Dark Hair (variant design)
MEDIUM: Woodblock print
DATE: 1931
DIMENSIONS: 21 x 12 1/8 inches
CONDITION: Excellent, no problems to note
NOTE: Printed in a limited edition of 100, this work is numbered 9; variant state, possibly unique
LITERATURE: Amy Reigle Newland, and Hamanaka Shinji, The Female Image: 20th-century prints of Japanese beauties, 2000, pl. 193
Glossy Dark Hair, No.5 From The Series Women’s Manners Of Today 5/100

Artist?Kobayakawa Kiyoshi

?Date?1931

?Size?49.4 x 28.0cm (Image Size)
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