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Mica background; embossing; published by The S. Watanabe Color Print Co.; sample seal at lower left margin; rare pre-earthquake print
Face Powder
Shinsui, Ito, 1898-1972
Face Powder- Artist : Shinsui, Ito, 1898-1972
- Series : Twelve Images of Modern Beauties
- Date : 1923
- Medium : woodblock
- Item# : 923071
- Condition : Faint creasing
- Image size : 16 x 9 5/8 inches
- Illustrated : Shinsui, pl. 41
- Comments : Mica background; embossing; published by The S. Watanabe Color Print Co.; sample seal at lower left margin; rare pre-earthquake print
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About The Artist
Shinsui, Ito, 1898-1972Born in Tokyo. Original name Ito Hajime. Started working in drawing department of a Tokyo printing company at age 12; then studied with Kaburagi Kiyokata. Well known as Japanese-style painter; exhibited at Bunten, Teiten, and Nitten. Discovered by Watanabe Shozaburo in 1916; Watanabe and Shinsui collaborated for 25 years; Watanabe exported hundreds of Shinsui prints. Shinsui's landscape series Eight Views of Lake Biwa (Omi Hakkei), 1917-1918, inspired Kawase Hasui, another prolific collabor.....
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Face Powder
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Mica background; embossing; published by The S. Watanabe Color Print Co.; sample seal at lower left margin; rare pre-earthquake print
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