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Notes (1st edition)Artist: Tobei Kamei. Title: "Bunraku Puppet." Date: 1949. Publisher: Self-printed by the artist and published by the Korokusha publishing house which he co-founded with Kotozuka and Tokuriki. Format: Approx. 13 x 9 inches. Limited edition of 200 prints. This may be his most well-known print. Works by the artist are in the collections of the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Carnegie Museum of Art, Harvard Art Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.
Publisher (this edition): Korokusha (a. 1940s/50s) Korokusha (a. 1940s/50s)
Date of this item: 1949
Notes (this edition)
These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.: 		( Japanese woodblock print), by Kamei Tobei.... "Puppet Head". Depicting a hand holding a bunraku puppet's head. Some metallic inks. TOBEI KAMEI Japanese Woodblock Print BUNRAKU PUPPET HEAD Sosaku Hanga Mica


Condition: Full size. Signed and numbered from an edition of 200 by the Artist in pencil on the verso and sealed within the image. Small areas of adhesive remnants on the top back corners. Very Good state.
Color: Excellent.
Impression: Fine with extensive mica.
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