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SHINSUI, Itô  (1884 - 1934)		Shigure (Drizzling Rain) - Woman with umbrella in the rain -
		Signed:           Shinsui ga Sealed:            Shinsui Publisher:      Isetatsu (Ise-ya Tatsugorô) Published:      Showa 2 / 1927 Size:                c. 36 x 25.5 cms / c. 14" x 10" Condition: EXCELLENT impression, color and condition. Silver mica used to depict the falling snow (not visible in this picture), and paper embossing (karazuri) for the rain. - A RARE work! ref. no.: #763325 Price:    € 2,250.00

Shinsui mainly worked for the publisher, Watanabe Shôzaburô. - In 1925 through 1927 however, Shinsui designed five portraits of women for the publsiher, Ise-ya Tatsugorô. The size of the paper used by this publisher is slightly smaller than that of Watanabe. Reference: Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, exhibiton catalogue: All the woodblock prints of Shinsui ITO; Machida, Japan; 1992; cat. no. 140.

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