Blue Bird — 青い鳥
by Shima Tamami

	Artist:	Shima Tamami — 島 珠実
	Title:	Blue Bird — 青い鳥
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	1960
	Date of this artwork?:	1961 (may not be accurate)
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Self
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Self
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Large Oban
	Format (this edition):	Large Oban
	DB artwork code:	40040
	Notes (first edition)?:	There are two datings for this scene, 1960 (with edition number) and 1961 (no edition number), suggesting two editions. Title: Blue Bird - Aoi Tori Artist: Tamami Shima 1937-1999 Description: "Aoi Tori" (Blue Bird). A blue bird is strolling in the abstract meadow. Signature: "Tamami Shima" signed in pencil on the lower margin. Dated: 1960. Medium/Technique: Woodblock print. Width: Item 16.3 inches = 41.5 cm Height: Item 11.4 inches = 29.0 cm
	Notes (this edition)?:	The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies: Monday, 19 February 2007 You are bidding on a very beautiful and rare LIMITED NUMBER original Japanese woodblock print “Blue Bird” PENCIL SIGNED by the famous Showa Shin Hanga woodblock print master Tamami Shima (1937-1999) made in 1961. The print size is 16 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches. The colors, which are vivid and vibrant, are in layers. The artist’s PENCIL SIGNATURE “Tamami Shima”, the year “61” that the print was made, and the title of the print in Kanji “The Blue Bird” are all WRITTEN IN PENCIL and are in the bottom border of the print. You can clearly tell it is his handwritten in pencil by the depth of pencil indentation into the original Japanese mulberry paper. All four borders are intact. This woodblock print is not attached to any backing paper or cardboard and some ink bleeding can be seen through the back of the original thick Japanese mulberry Washi paper. Except for several very tiny and minor foxing dots in the top border due to the print’s age, which do not affect the image, this woodblock print is in excellent condition. tamami shima japanese modernist woodblock,1961, well listed artist 16.3 x 11.8 in, very good condition, unbacked, unframed some age toning in margins, pencil signed lower right, #80/100