Comments - Attractive shin-hanga portrait of a beauty applying her first make-up of the New Year. She holds a red lacquer hand mirror, looking into it intently as she prepares to insert a hairpin into her carefully styled hair. She wears a beautifully shaded red kimono patterned with plum blossoms, with delicately embossed pine sprigs and small white flowers on the gray collar, the fabric slipping off her shoulders. The background is softly shaded with to contrast with her white skin. This image appears on page 167 of the recent book "The Female Image: 20th century prints of Japanese Beauties" by Amy R. Newland and Hamanaka Shinji. A terrific large-format beauty portrait.
Signed - Insho, with red "Insho" seal
Publisher - Baba Nobuhiko, with impressed publishers seals on reverse, later edition
Artist - Domoto Insho (1891 - 1975)
Image Size - 16 1/2" x 12" + margins as shown
Condition - This print with excellent color and detail as shown. Small tear at edge, repaired. Slight toning, a few small spots, a few creases at edges. Please see photos for details. Good overall.
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