# 1025

ISHIKAWA TORAJI          (1875-1964)

Signature/seal:

Signed in Roman letters Ishikawa and sealed in Japanese Tora, watermark of the artist’s name and seal of the blockcarver Yamagishi Kazue (1893-1966) in margins.

Format:

Dai Oban tate-e (37,5 x 48 cm)

Subject:

Rajo jusshu  Modern woman engaged in an activity reminiscent of traditioanal ukiyo-e:                     Reading an ehon on a red carpet.

Date:

 1934  ( The Japanese police considered the images of this set of ten prints indecent and confiscated the blocks in the late 1930s.)

Condition:

Fine state of preservation, fine colors with gauffrage and mica background, full size, minor creases and marks.

Impression:

Fine impression with gauffrage.

SOLD

PRICE:     EUR  1.650