Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 97750

Intangible Cultural Property

Artist / 作者
Ito Shinsui伊東深水
Date / 年代
1953
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Showa / kruml
Digital record / 画像記録
1368 × 1879 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Japanese Prints London
Published by / 公開者
朝倉レン
Rights / 権利
No commercial-app permission documented
Attribution / 表記
Japanese Prints London

Catalog note / 解説

Washing the Hair ( aka Tresses ). A large print ( 49.3 x 35 cms; 19.5 x 13.75 inches ) published in 1953 to celebrate the artist’s being made an “Intangible Cultural Property” in 1952. Shinsui supervised the printing and a mica ground was used, the usual symbol of a special edition. The figure closely follows the right-hand figure on his painted two-fold screen called Tresses ( 1949 ). The quality and simplicity harks back to his finest early work. Number 28 of a limited edition published by the Commission for the Protection of Cultural Properties, Tokyo and cut and printed by the Japanese Association for Publishing Woodblock Prints. Fine impression and colour. Very slight discolouration on…

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