Beauty on veranda, in the style of Harunobu
- Date:
- Not dated (1930's)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
$1,500–$10,000. Beauty prints by this artist are particularly sought after. Good bijin-ga and illustrations: $3,000–$6,000. Key value factors: Settai's literary elegance and refined technique have a niche but devoted following among collectors of Japanese aestheticism.
A beautiful woman stands on a veranda in this woodblock print from the 1930s, its title explicitly acknowledging the influence of Suzuki Harunobu, the eighteenth-century master who pioneered full-color woodblock printing. Komura Settai frequently engaged with Edo-period predecessors, absorbing and reinterpreting their compositional strategies through his own modern sensibility. Harunobu's prints of slender, delicate women in domestic settings clearly resonated with Settai, who shared an interest in quiet, interior moments. The veranda setting frames the figure between architectural lines and open space, a compositional device Harunobu used to great effect. Settai's version updates the aesthetic with sharper contours and a flatter color sense influenced by Art Nouveau and early twentieth-century graphic design.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Beauty on veranda, in the style of Harunobu was created by Komura Settai (小村雪岱) in Not dated (1930's).
Beauty on veranda, in the style of Harunobu was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (Not dated (1930's)).
Beauty on veranda, in the style of Harunobu depicts bijin-ga and interiors.
