Artist |
UEMURA, Shoen (1875-1949) |
Title |
"Female Ghost" |
Date |
ca1923 |
Provenance |
Dealer contact--from an exceptional private collection. |
Series |
A Supplement of "The Complete Works of Chikamatsu" (12-print series)
("Dai Chikamatsu Zenshu") |
Publisher |
unk |
Seal, Carver/Printer |
Yamagishi Kazue/Nishimura Kumakichi (both artisans produced the entire 12-print series) |
Image Size |
11 1/4 x 18 |
Impression |
Very Fine. Superbly executed "bokashi" (gradation of colors) shading to ghost figure and background;
"gauffraged" hair; gold metallic pigments to sword; hand-applied "gofun" as snow; highly detailed carving. |
Condition |
Excellent. Very clean front/verso. (Light toning; couple tiny spots--
otherwise flawless.) |
Reference/Illus |
na |
Comments |
A striking "ghost image" shown holding the sword with which she had disembowled herself. Part of a 12-print
series of prints (each done by a different artist) published c1922/23; all were carved by Yamagishi Kazue and
printed by Nishimura Kumakichi. For a further discussion of this series, see "The New Wave - Prints from the
Robert O. Muller Collection" (page 168). In 1948 Uemura became the first Japanese woman to receive the "Order of Cultural Merit." |
Item # |
EG-802 |
Price |
$575 |