Artist: Sengai Igawa
Title: August- Moon — Hachi-gatsu: Tsuki
Date: 1924
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Monday, January 17, 2005 Title August - Collection of New Ukiyoe Style Beauties Artist Sengai Igawa 1876-1961 Signature Sengai Seal artist's seal Dated 1924 Technique/Medium Woodblock print Impression excellent … embossed Colors excellent … silver colored metallic pigment, mica lightly sprinkled on the hair Condition good … several paper cracks on the oji at the lower right area otherwise in excellent condition. Description From the series, "Shin Ukiyo-e Bijin Awase" (Collection of New Ukiyo-e Style Beauties), "Hachi-gatsu: Tsuki" (August: the Moon). 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 = 23.8 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.101, pl.131
