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Floating World Gallery | Woman in Long Undergarment

Woman in Long Undergarment

Shinsui, Ito, 1898-1972

Artist : Shinsui, Ito, 1898-1972
Date : 1927
Medium : woodblock
Item# : 260650
Condition : Light toning on front and on reverse; faint losses and foxing to mica; light foxing on reverse
Image size : 16 1/8 x 10 inches
Illustrated : Shinsui, pl. 45
Comments : Published by The S. Watanabe Color Print Co.; A-type seal; first-state; limited edition seal on reverse; silver mica background
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About The Artist

Shinsui, Ito, 1898-1972

Born 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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