$500–$5,000. Common landscapes: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Collaborative prints with Frank Brangwyn are most sought after.
From the series "Ten Types of Female Nudes" (Rajo Jusshu), this print depicting a woman reading shows Urushibara engaging with the classical nude subject within a distinctly Japanese printmaking tradition. The nude woman absorbed in a book combines two venerable themes — the female figure and the contemplative activity of reading — in a composition that bridges the Western academic tradition of the nude and Japanese depictions of women in private, intimate moments. The series title indicates this was one of ten studies examining the female figure in different attitudes.
Mutsu Tsuta onsen
1919
Color woodblock print; oban
1943
Color woodblock print
Autumn 1920
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
1924
Color woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Ten Types of Female Nudes: Reading (Rajo jusshu: Dokusho) was created by Yoshijiro Urushibara (漆原木虫).
Ten Types of Female Nudes: Reading (Rajo jusshu: Dokusho) depicts nude, figures, and bijin-ga.
