Rouge, from the series "New Twelve Images of Modern Beauties"
by Ito Shinsui
- Date:
- 1917
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 42.6 × 25.9 cm
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
by Ito Shinsui
Shinsui's Taisho-era bijin-ga are his most coveted works. His early masterpieces like "Before the Mirror" (1916) fetch GBP 52,920 (~$67,000) at Sotheby's. The most iconic designs from the "Modern Beauties" series approach these heights with fresh, vivid original colors.
From the "New Twelve Images of Modern Beauties" series (1917), this early [bijin-ga](/glossary/bijin-ga) by the nineteen-year-old Shinsui shows a woman in the act of applying rouge, the intimate cosmetic moment captured with a freshness and directness that announced him immediately as a major new voice in the [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) beauty print tradition. The series, one of Watanabe's first major shin-hanga commissions, helped establish both the artist's reputation and the visual vocabulary of modern bijin-ga. The delicate color woodblock technique renders the rouge's vivid red against the pale ground.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Rouge, from the series "New Twelve Images of Modern Beauties" was created by Ito Shinsui (伊東深水) in 1917.
Yes — Rouge, from the series "New Twelve Images of Modern Beauties" is part of the New Twelve Images of Modern Beauties series by Ito Shinsui.
Rouge, from the series "New Twelve Images of Modern Beauties" was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1917).
Rouge, from the series "New Twelve Images of Modern Beauties" depicts bijin-ga.
Rouge, from the series "New Twelve Images of Modern Beauties" measures 42.6 × 25.9 cm (Oban format).
