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TORAJI, Ishikawa    (1875 - 1964)		After the Bath from the series: 'Ten Types of Female Nudes'
		Signed:                Ishikawa; with artist's seal Publisher:          Ryoku-uso Gashitsu Block cutter:     Kazue Yamagishi Date:                    Showa 10 (1935) Size:                     dai oban (c. 49 x 37. 5 cms / 19 1/4" x 14 3/4") Condition: Excellent impression and colors, fine overall condition. - Comes with the original tissue paper cover. - ref. no.: # 581709 Price: € 1,400.00

This series of nude women shows a strong influence of contemporary French art, - particularly in the dumpy, unidealised bodies, and this impression is increased by the short hairstyles then favored by fashionable Japanese women -, and certainly is the result of the study period the artist had spent in France early in the century. The scene, however, is entirely traditional - a woman drying herself by the side of the bath, probably in an onsen (hot spring resort). - The blocks were cut by Kazue Yamagishi (1893 - c. 1966), himself a print artist who also had carved blocks, a.o., for Yumeji, Kiyokata, Hiroshi Yoshida, Paul Jacoulet and Onshi Koshiro. Reference: Lawrence Smith, "Japanese Prints Since 1900. Old Dreams and New Visions"; London, 1983, no. 66. Newland/Shinji, "The feamle image", Leiden, 2000; no. 239.

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