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Taisho bijin screen
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| A small two-fold screen from the Taisho period (1912-1926) depicting an early evening scene of a bijin or beautiful lady lighting a hanging oil lamp. Her hand is sheltering the flame as she prepares to place it inside the iron lantern. Her kimono is decorated with a bold dragonfly design symbolic of summer and her elaborately set hair indicates that she is employed within the floating world. The signature reads Tosen me, with the 'me' meaning woman. We have been unable to trace her although almost certainly she would have been a part of the Kyoto or Osaka groups of women painters who were active in the early 20th century and specialized in paintings of beautiful ladies. The image has been painted on silk with ink, pigments and gofun. It has been quite recently remounted. The pigments are in very good condition and the silk supple although the open areas in the lower fields are a little dirty. One small and light puncture is present in the lower left field. The screen stands 34 inches high and measures 46 inches across. | ||||||||||
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