Shin Hanga prints
| Design: | Shimura Tatsumi (1907-1980) | |||||
| Title: | Lipstick | |||||
| Series title: | Two subjects of Japanese women, Volume 2 | |||||
| Size: | 36.5 x 44.4 cm (double ōban) | |||||
| Original woodblock print | ||||||
| Photography: | Jacques Commandeur |
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Published by Yūyūdō in 1970.
Artist’s signature in bottom right area of the print:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 立 | tatsu | stand up | |
| 美 | mi | beauty | Tatsumi |
Names of the carver and the printer in bottom right margin:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 彫 | chō | carve | |
| 刻 | koku | engrave | Carver: |
| 前 | mae | before | |
| 田 | ta | rice field | |
| 謙 | ken | sign of the tiger | |
| 太 | ta | fat | |
| 郎 | rō | counter for sons | Maeda Kentarō |
| 摺 | su(ru) | rub | |
| 刷 | satsu | Printer: | |
| 佐 | sa | help | |
| 藤 | tō | wisteria | |
| 律 | ritsu | law | |
| 三 | zō | three | Satō Ritsuzō |
Red Tatsumi seal of approval in bottom right margin:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 立 | tatsu | stand | |
| 美 | mi | beauty | Tatsumi |
| け | ke | ||
| ん | n | ||
| 印 | in | proof | Seal of approval |
Horizontal red ‘Special commemorative edition’ in bottom right margin:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 特 | toku | special | |
| 別 | betsu | separate | |
| 追 | tsui | chase | |
| 憶 | oku | remember | Special |
| 版 | han | edition | commemorative edition |
Yūyūdō publisher seal and name in lower left margin:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 悠 | yū | permanence | |
| 々 | yū | ||
| 洞 | dō | cave | |
| 出 | shū | come out | |
| 版 | han | printing | Yūyūdō publication |
Edition number 67 out of 150 in black pencil in bottom margin.
White label with artist’s name and series title on the protective outside cardboard folder (left) and on the dark blue presentation folder inside the cardboard folder (right):
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The kanji on both these labels read:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 志 | shi | intention | |
| 村 | mura | village | |
| 立 | tatsu | stand | |
| 美 | bi | beautiful | Shimura Tatsumi |
| 木 | moku | wood | |
| 版 | han | block | |
| 画 | ga | picture | woodblock print |
| 日 | ni | sun | |
| 本 | hon | origin | |
| の | no | ’s | |
| 女 | onna | woman | |
| 二 | ni | two | Two subjects |
| 題 | dai | subject | of Japanese women, |
| 第 | dai | No. | |
| ２ | ni | two | |
| 集 | shū | gather | Volume 2 |
Edition number in black stamp in bottom right corner of the protection folder:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 限 | gen | limit | |
| 定 | tei | determine | |
| No. | |||
| ６７ | Limited edition No. 67 |
White label with print title on the inside of the presentation folder:
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in which the kanji read:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 口 | kuchi | mouth | |
| 紅 | beni | rouge | Lipstick |
The print comes with this information folder, outside:
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and inside:
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References
- Merritt, Helen, and Yamada, Nanako (1992). Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1900 - 1975. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press.
- Newland, Amy Reigle, and Shinji, Hamanaka (2000). The female image. Leiden: Hotei Publishing.
Provenance: Seller ginzakaigakan on Yahoo Japan Auction