1964 After Kiyonaga "Genre Scenes of the Brocades of the East - the Entangled Kite String", Full-Color Print From Japan

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A stunning large full-color Ukiyo-E Hanga print after original woodblock print "Genre Scenes of the Brocades of the East - … Read more A stunning large full-color Ukiyo-E Hanga print after original woodblock print "Genre Scenes of the Brocades of the East - The entangled Kite String" by Kiyonaga (1752-1815). Comes from a rare Collection of 24 Masterpieces by Kiyonaga. Produced & published by Shuei-Sha, Tokyo, in July 1964. Printers: Toppan Printing Co., LTD. Printed on one side. Attached at the top to a board of heavy textured paper, covered with lighter sheet of paper for protection, numbered 10 on the label on the front of the cover. Excellent condition - minor edge wear on the board, some age wear on the cover, never framed, ready to be framed. Copy of the commentary by Dr. Kiyoshi Shibui (below) in Japanese and English is included.

Overall (folded) 12.55"W x 18.20"H
Overall (unfolded) 25"W x 18.20"H
Image 9.90"W x 14.45"H

Commentary by Ukiyo-e Art consultant & editor Dr. Kiyoshi Shibui:
Signature: signed KIYONAGA
Printer: Unidentified
Date: 1785
In the possession of Mr. Mikio Mizuta

A woman walking through a beating wind. A strong wind is stimulating to children, it enlivens the streets. Children are absorbed with raising kite. They don't care how they look or how their clothes look. A lady gets caught in an entangled kite string. She is started and the child owner of the kite protests in a wonderfully captured moment of the street scene. The concept of the girl is sincere, not vulgar. She is not meant to be a nude perfunctorily clothed. The graceful movement of her limbs is as natural as the winds. I don't think it too far-fetched to compare this masterpiece with Botticelli's "Birth of Venus". See less