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- Artist
- Ito Shinsui 伊東深水
- Title
- Clock and Beauty I [Tower Clock] 櫓時計
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- Publisher
- Watanabe
- Carver
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- Printer
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- Medium
- Colour woodblock print on paper 木版画
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- Price
- Reserved
- Condition and remarks
- "Beauty and Tower Clock" by master artist Ito Shinsui is the first in the "Clock and Beauty" series, produced in 1962 (Showa 37) to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the reconstruction of the Hotta Watch Shop. The original drawing was done by master artist Shinsui, and the engraving and printing were done by Watanabe Print Shop. A tower clock is a Japanese-style clock made in Japan during the Edo period, modeled after clocks imported from Europe. The mechanical part of the clock (movement) is housed in a tower-shaped base, and is powered by the force of a weight hanging from the base falling. Also known as the "Daimyo Clock," it was an extremely valuable item that daimyo and wealthy merchants competed to purchase. Therefore, the motif of "beauty and a tower clock" is often seen in ukiyo-e prints from the Edo period, but Ito has accurately depicted the shape of the tower clock that was in the Hotta family collection with a sure brushstroke, and by drawing the beauty in the style of Utamaro, he has beautifully recreated the atmosphere of the Edo period. Incidentally, the kimono of the Edo beauty features the Hotta family crest, the "mokkomon."
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- Reference number
- M260
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