Name: ITO SHINSUI (1898-1972)
Brand: Hairstyle of a married woman (Marumage)
Price: 2000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

ITO SHINSUI (1898-1972)
Hairstyle of a married woman (Marumage)
Woodblock print
Signed Shinsui saku and sealed Shinsui
Published by Watanabe Shozaburo (circular seal to verso), dated Taisho jusannen nanagatsu (July, 1924)

A beauty shown half length wearing a sheer black and grey kimono tied with a purple striped obi, holding a transparent gauze fan, against a white mica background
Vertical dai oban: 40 x 27.5 cm. (15³⁄₄ x 10⁷⁄₈ in.)

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The same print is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, reference no. 1929.436, go to:
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/2714/hair-style-of-a-married-woman
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