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| Artist: | Kato Shinmei (b. 1910) — 加藤晨明 |
| Title: | Dancer's Fan — 舞扇 |
| Series: | 3 Maiko Figures — 舞妓三態 |
| Date of first edition?: | circa 1960-1990 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Takamizawa — 高見沢 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Takamizawa — 高見沢 |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
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Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Large Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Large Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 48091 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
This series edition size was a total of 300 sets.
Title: Dancer's Fan (Mai Ogi) 「舞妓三態」
Technique: Woodblock print, Limited edition. Hand signed in the verso.
Signature
'晨明' "Shinmei" at the upper right. "Shinmei" is brush signed on the edition paper on the verso.
Seal: Artis's seal in red at upper right
Dated: 1979.
Publisher
Takamizawa Mokuhansha. (Hanken Shoyu (Copy Right) Kondo Tsuneshiro is printed on the right margin).
Numbered: 32/300
Width Item: 17.7 inches = 45.0 cm
Height Item: 20.9 inches = 53.0 cm
Width Image: 15.0 inches = 38.0 cm
Height Image: 17.9 inches = 45.5 cm
Width Mat: 17.9 inches = 45.5 cm
Height Mat: 21.1 inches = 53.5 cm
Description
This scene, "Mai Ogi", is from a series containing three maiko scenes. A maiko (a Japanese traditional dancer) is showing a large gold colored folding fan for dance performance. The edition number in Japanese is stamped on a piece of paper and pasted on the back of the print. Carver Koike Shigeru. Printer Orihara Hiroshi. |
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| Notes (this edition)?: |
| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Title
Folding Fan for Dancing - Mai Ogi
Limited edition. Hand signed.
Description
"Mai Ogi". A maiko (Japanese traditional dancer) is showing a large gold colored folding fan for dance performance.
The edition number in Japanese is stamped on a piece of paper and pasted on the back of the print. Carver Koike Shigeru. Printer Orihara Hiroshi.
Signature
"Shinmei" on the upper right. "Shinmei" is brush signed on the edition paper on verso.
Seal: Artis's seal in red.
Dated: 1979.
Publisher
Takamizawa Mokuhansha. (Hanken Shoyu (Copy Right) Kondo Tsuneshiro is printed on the right margin).
Technique: Woodblock print
Numbered: 32/300
Width Item: 17.7 inches = 45.0 cm
Height Item: 20.9 inches = 53.0 cm
Width Image: 15.0 inches = 38.0 cm
Height Image: 17.9 inches = 45.5 cm
Width Mat: 17.9 inches = 45.5 cm
Height Mat: 21.1 inches = 53.5 cm |
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| Artist Bio: |
Kato Shinmei (1910-1988) was born in Nagoya and studied under Nakamura Gakuryo. He is first and foremost a painter of figures, in particular Maiko san. He was a regular exhibitor with the Nitten and won a prize there in 1948, later becoming a judge of the prestigious organization. He was also the recipient of numerous other prizes throughout his career. Published via Kondo (among others).
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