| Artist | UEMURA, Shoen (1875-1949) |
| Title | "Female Ghost" |
| Date | ca1923 |
| Provenance | Dealer contact--from an exceptional private collection. |
| Series | A Supplement of "The Complete Works of Chikamatsu" (12-print series) ("Dai Chikamatsu Zenshu") |
| Publisher | unk |
| Seal, Carver/Printer | Yamagishi Kazue/Nishimura Kumakichi (both artisans produced the entire 12-print series) |
| Image Size | 11 1/4 x 18 |
| Impression | Very Fine. Superbly executed "bokashi" (gradation of colors) shading to ghost figure and background; "gauffraged" hair; gold metallic pigments to sword; hand-applied "gofun" as snow; highly detailed carving. |
| Condition | Excellent. Very clean front/verso. (Light toning; couple tiny spots-- otherwise flawless.) |
| Reference/Illus | na |
| Comments | A striking "ghost image" shown holding the sword with which she had disembowled herself. Part of a 12-print
series of prints (each done by a different artist) published c1922/23; all were carved by Yamagishi Kazue and
printed by Nishimura Kumakichi. For a further discussion of this series, see "The New Wave - Prints from the Robert O. Muller Collection" (page 168). In 1948 Uemura became the first Japanese woman to receive the "Order of Cultural Merit." |
| Item # | EG-802 |
| Price | $575 |