Artist: Nakayama Shuko
Title: May Showers- Gogatsu Samidare
Date: 1924
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01-17-2005 Title May - Collection of New Ukiyoe Style Beauties Artist Shuko Nakayama active in 1920s Signature Shuko Seal artist's seal (shuko) Dated 1924 Publisher Daikokuya Technique/Medium Woodblock print Impression excellent … woodgrains visible on the background Colors excellent … shomen-zuri patterns on part of the hair, brass colored metallic pigment for the hair ornaments Condition good … paper cracks around the hair ornaments and part of the background next to the ornament otherwise in excellent condition. Description From the series, "Shin Ukiyo-e Bijin Awase" (Collection of New Ukiyo-e Style Beauties), "Go-gatsu: Samidare" (May: Rain in May). Note All the prints in this series tend to crack where they were printed with mineral pigments. The pigments make the paper brittle over time. Format Dai-Oban Width 11.2 inches = 28.5 cm Height 17.4 inches = 44.3 cm Width of Image 9.4 inches = 23.9 cm Height of Image 15.2 inches = 38.6 cm Literature Newland, Amy R.; and S. Hamanaka, "The Female Image: 20th Century Prints of Japanese Beauties", Leiden: Hotei, 2000, ISBN 90 74822 20 7, - pg. 99, pl.127
