Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 125113

Mica Ground Bijin Bust

Artist / 作者
Yoshikawa Kanpo吉川観方
Date / 年代
Not set
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Heisei / jaodb
Digital record / 画像記録
393 × 600 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Japanese Art Open Database
Published by / 公開者
星野アカリ
Rights / 権利
No reusable image license documented
Attribution / 表記
Japanese Art Open Database

Catalog note / 解説

Saturday, 18 March 2006 Shin Hanga: Mica Ground Bijin Bust Artist: Yoshikawa Kanpo Format: Large oban tate-e: 16.5" x 11" approx Subject: Against a gray mica background a sensitive bust portrait of a young Taisho period beauty, 'The Geisha Hinazo'. Numbered on the verso (seal) 20 from the limited special 1st edition of 100 impressions. Subject illustrated in 'The Female Image' page 93. Yoshikawa Kanpo (1894-1979) was born in Kyoto with the name Kenjiro. In 1901, he began studying Japanese-style painting under Nishibori Tosui. Kanpo also studied under the well-known artist Takeuchi Seiho (1864-1944). He entered the Kyoto Specialist School of Painting in 1914, graduating four years later. Aft…

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