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Chikanobu Toyohara 1838-1912 - True Beauty - Notebook

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True Beauty - Notebook
by Chikanobu Toyohara 1838-1912

Item	54156
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Date Sold	Sunday, January 6, 2013

Title	True Beauty - Notebook
	Shin Bijin
Artist	Chikanobu Toyohara 1838-1912
Description	From the series "Shin Bijin" ("True Beauty"). A lady with a flower basket hair-pin and a decorative notebook. --- There was a wide spread interest in the new definition of "true beauty" during Meiji era. This series, in which Chikanobu depicted women in various societies and age groups, seemed to offer the definition of beauty in each of women engaging different activities in everyday lives. Chikanobu perhaps wanted to suggest a viewer could find the "true beauty" in any of them.
Signature	"Yoshu Chikanobu".
Dated	1897.
Publisher	Akiyama Buemon.
Medium/Technique	Woodblock print.
Impression	Excellent - very good.
Colors	Very good ... Burnishing.
Condition	Good ... Backed. Toned. Soiled. Dust lines along the edges. Several foxing spots.
Format	Oban tate-e
Width Item	9.4 inches = 24.0 cm
Height Item	14.2 inches = 36.0 cm

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