TotalCount
- Date:
- 1953
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
$1,500–$12,000. Common subjects: $1,500–$4,000. Key value factors: Shimura's refined bijin-ga have a devoted collector base. Earlier prints and rarer subjects command premiums.
This 1953 [oban](/glossary/oban) woodblock print belongs to a period when Shimura Tatsumi was producing some of his finest [bijin-ga](/glossary/bijin-ga) work, including the "Five Figures of Modern Beauties" series. The composition reflects the technical sophistication of mid-century [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) production, when the collaborative system of artist, carver, and printer had been refined over decades. Shimura's designs from this era required exceptional skill from the block carvers, who translated his nuanced color gradations and fine textile patterns into carved woodblocks, and from the printers, who applied pigments with the controlled precision needed to reproduce the artist's vision across an edition.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
TotalCount was created by Shimura Tatsumi (志村立美) in 1953.
TotalCount was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1953).
TotalCount depicts figures and bijin-ga.
