Title : Pupil of the Eye

Artist : Ito Shinsui

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Description : 10/01/2005 Title Pupil of the Eye - The Second Series of Modern Beauties Artist Shinsui Ito 1898-1972 Signature Shinsui ga Seal artist's seal Dated 1936 Publisher Watanabe Technique/Medium Woodblock print Impression excellent Colors excellent ... mica sprinkled Condition excellent - very good ... a pin size worm hole on the middle in the hair. Numbered 10 / 250 Description From the series, "Gendai Bijinshu, Dai-ni Shu" (The Second Series of Modern Beauties) "Hitomi" (Pupil of the Eye). The square Watanabe seal below the edition number seal in Japanese (see the second image) is not Heisei seal. This is part of the normal edition notation that appears on all first edition Shinsui prints from this series. Note Watanabe D-style copyright seal (1931-41) on the left margin. Format Dai-Oban Width 11.2 inches = 28.5 cm Height 17.5 inches = 44.5 cm Width of Image 10.6 inches = 27.0 cm Height of Image 16.6 inches = 42.2 cm Literature Newland, Amy R.; and S. Hamanaka, "The Female Image: 20th Century Prints of Japanese Beauties", Leiden: Hotei, 2000, ISBN 90 74822 20 7, - pg.74, pl.78

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