A Theatrical Dance entitled Dojoji
Ito Shinsui Catalogue

A Theatrical Dance entitled Dojoji - Ito Shinsui Catalogue woodblock print
Artist
Ito Shinsui 伊東深水
English title
A Theatrical Dance entitled Dojoji
Japanese title
娘道成寺
Series
Date
Medium
Colour woodblock print on paper
Paper size (h × w)
Nagaban 長判
60.0 × 26.0 cm
Image size (h × w)
First edition seal
Subsequent seals
Edition size
10000
Posthumously printed
No
Publisher
Watanabe Shozaburo 渡邊庄三郎
Carver
Printer
Subjects
Bijin-ga 美人画
Theatre
Remarks
Rare. Low quality paper with water-soluble red pigment.
Some impressions appeared to be two separate oban sheets (see below); others, judging by baren sujizuri, appeared to be one whole sheet.
Image commissioned by the Japan Tourist Bureau in 1932. According to the Hasui-Narazaki catalogue raisonne, ten-thousand prints were commissioned. It's very unlikely that commission was totally fulfilled.
Catalogue number
IS74
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