YAMAMOTO KANAE (1882-1945)

SHINA NO ONNA (CHINESE WOMAN)

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YAMAMOTO KANAE (1882-1945)
Shina no onna (Chinese woman)
Woodcut, n. d. [1912], with a stylized rebus signature Kanae, slight stains to edges, paper thin along edges, tape stain upper left corner into image, small tear repaired middle left edge
12.3/8 x 10in. (31.7 x 26.5cm.)

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Helen Merritt, Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints, The Early Years (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1990), p. 167.

For other impressions see Takahashi Seiichiro et al., Kindai Nihon hanga taikei (Compendium of modern Japanese prints), vol. 1 (Tokyo: Mainichi Shimbunsha, 1976) pl. 121; Taishoki no hangaten (Exhibition of Taisho-period prints) (Tokyo: Itabashi Museum, 1988) pl. 3; George Kuwayama, Contemporary Japanese Prints (Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1972), no. 1, p. 17.