| Artist | unknown (after Ito Shinsui) ("red seal" unread) |
| Title | "Interval" (image design by Ito Shinsui) |
| Date | 1930-40's (purchased in 1947) |
| Provenance | Private placement. Purchased 1947--consigned by family of Army Air Force serviceman stationed in Tokyo. |
| Series | na |
| Publisher | na |
| Seal, Carver/Printer | Original painting on silk |
| Image Size | 11 1/4 x 15 (plus narrow margins) |
| Impression | Very Fine. Skillfully executed by hand and very nicely detailed. An original (one-of-a-kind) "bijin-ga" design executed in sumi and color pigments on fine silk. |
| Condition | Nearly Excellent. (Few scattered marks--otherwise flawless.) |
| Reference/Illus | na |
| Comments | A beautiful "bijin-ga" design, hand-painted onto tannish silk. Clothed in an iris-patterned purple cotton kimono, a beauty checks her hair with a small hand-mirror. (Based after the 1925 woodblock print "Interval" by Ito Shinsui.") |
| Item # | MB-46 |
| Price | Special $235 (Sold/SW) (Reg $395/$295) |