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| Artist: | Yamamoto Shoun (1870-1965) - Shokoku — 山本昇雲 (松谷) |
| Title: | Two Young Girls in Kimono (given title; official title unknown) — 桜にうさぎ着物の二美人図 |
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| Date of first edition?: | circa 1990-2010 |
| Date of this artwork?: | 700 (may not be accurate) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Self |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Self |
| Medium (first edition): | Scroll/Makuri roll |
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Medium (this edition): | Scroll/Makuri roll |
| Format (first edition): | Long scroll
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| Format (this edition): | Long scroll |
| DB artwork code: | 47097 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
To me this painting is with little doubt a work by the artist Yamamoto Shoun. The style of painting and similarity to other examples of his works are striking. The use of a slightly different signature (昇龍, Shoryu, rather than 昇雲, Shoen) is interesting but my educated guess is that this is simply another 'gagou' (pseudonym) of Shoun rather than the signature of a different artist. I cannot discount the possibility of this works being by an understudy of Shoun, but I doubt it because the similarity to Shoun's is too striking and would border on plagiarism.
美人画特集 おすすめ品 w4349〈昇龍〉桜にうさぎ着物の二美人図 春掛け
サイズ・その他詳細
217 x 67.5 センチ （全体）
146 x 54.5 センチ （本紙）
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| Artist Bio: |
Used the psudonym Shokoku (松谷) in his early career.
明治3年（1870年）高知県に生まれる。絵を山内家のお抱え絵師で狩野洞白の門人柳本圭吾に学び、更に狩野永岳の門人河田小龍に師事し、上京後、図案、染物の原図などを手がけ絵師として立った。明治27年東洋堂より刊行された「風俗画報」の挿絵を担当したのを皮切りに「新撰東京名所図會」と言うシリーズ312図を発表し、こうした雑誌挿絵を主要な活躍舞台としたのであった。 昇雲は維新以降の目まぐるしく変化する文化風俗に着手し、風俗記録画ともいうべき新しいジャンルを確立した。
昭和40年（1965）没 |
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