Washed Hair by shanghai Іily on Flickr.
From “The Second Series of Modern Beauties”
Gendai bijinshu dai-nishu: Araigami
Artist: Ito Shinsui
Published by Watanabe Shozaburo, 1936.
Ito Shinsui 伊東深水 (1898-1972)
Tanabata Festival 七夕まつり - 1931
Ito SHINSUI ( 1898 - 1972 )
Washing the Hair ( aka Tresses )“ A large print ( 49.3 x 35 cms; 19.5 x 13.75 inches ) published in 1953 to celebrate the artist’s being made an “Intangible Cultural Property” in 1952. Shinsui supervised the printing and a mica ground was used, the usual symbol of a special edition. The figure closely follows the right-hand figure on his painted two-fold screen called Tresses ( 1949 ). The quality and simplicity harks back to his finest early work. Number 28 of a limited edition published by the Commission for the Protection of Cultural Properties, Tokyo and cut and printed by the Japanese Association for Publishing Woodblock Prints.“
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The end of the battle of Dan no ura: Tomomori, the great anchor tied around him, about to cast himself into the sea, flanked by his retainer Sagami Goro and his mistress Tenji no tsubone.
Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳
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The witch Takiyasha, daughter of Taira no Masakado, calling up a monstrous skeleton spectre to frighten Mitsukuni.
Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳
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The penance of Mongaku Shonin under the waterfall of Nachi, encouraged by Fudo and his acolytes Kongara and Seitaka.
Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳
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Nitta Tadatsune encounters the goddess of Mount Fuji and her dragon in a cave in the mountain, in which are stalactites and a waterfall.
Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳
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