Firefly

Data

Firefly
Print   (Part of the set: Fan Prints by Komura Settai)

Komura Settai
Takamizawa
Post war

2005
00030-005
https://mokuhankan.com/collection/index.php?id_for_display=00030-005

Print is Public Domain; Photography is:   Creative Commons License

Description

This print, with its pitch black background, is a particularly eye-catching composition of Settai's. The lack of white space is rare for a Settai print, the artist being notable for his plain white backgrounds. The large firefly at the left of the print is printed using a lovely turquoise pigment, like a precious jewel, and the figure of the woman is illuminated, giving us a view of her fashionable clothes and finely carved hairline. Nunome-zuri, a technique in which a piece of actual cloth is "printed" using a woodblock in order to give texture to a print, can be seen in her obi sash.

A basic description of the prints in this group can be found on the main page for the group.

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