Ito Shinsui (1898-1972) | Hand Mirror (Tegami) | Showa period, 20th century
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November 18, 02:46 PM GMT
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2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Ito Shinsui (1898-1972)
Hand Mirror (Tegami)
Showa period, 20th century
woodblock print, embellished with silver mica to the obi and mirror, from the series First Collection of Modern Beauties (Gendai bijin shu dai isshu), signed Shinsui ga (Pictured by Shinsui), sealed Shinsui, publisher's circular seal Watanabe (Watanabe Shozaburo), dated Showa rokunen ichigatsu ganjitsu (New Year's Day, January, 1931), hand-numbered limited edition seal to the reverse Nihyaku gojumai zeppan, dai nihyaku roku ban (limited edition of 250, number 206), a publisher's red rectangular seal Watanabe and diamond-shaped paper label attached
Vertical dai oban: 43.5 x 27.7 cm., 17 x 11 in.
For the series First Collection of Modern Beauties, Watanabe Shozaburo (1885-1962) limited the editions to two hundred and fifty, designating two hundred of these to subscribers and fifty to be sold at his store. When the final design was complete in July 1931, Shinsui began work on a further series on the same theme Second Collection of Modern Beauties (Gendai bijin shu dai ni shu) in August of the same year.
For a similar imp🍃ression of the same print in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, accession number 2002.161.76, go to: