Watanabe Ikuharu
- Date:
- 1930
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
$5,000–$40,000. Common subjects: $5,000–$10,000. Key value factors: Very limited output makes all prints relatively scarce. The 'Styles of Contemporary Make-up' series is most collected.
This 1930 print bearing the notation "Watanabe Ikuharu" references the publisher Watanabe Shōzaburō's studio and its succession, pointing to the commercial and artistic infrastructure within which Kobayakawa's shin-hanga prints were produced. All of Kobayakawa's major bijin-ga were published by Watanabe, the leading publisher of the shin-hanga movement, and this work may document a particular publication or print within that long collaboration. The Watanabe studio's rigorous quality standards shaped the technical excellence evident throughout Kobayakawa's output.
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Woodblock print
1/1931
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
1924
Oil on board
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Watanabe Ikuharu was created by Kobayakawa Kiyoshi (小早川清) in 1930.
Watanabe Ikuharu was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1930).
Watanabe Ikuharu depicts bijin-ga and portraits.
