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12 Seasonal Fan Prints: Mid Summer

Size: 25.5cm by 33.0cm (10.04 in by 12.99 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ?

Designer: Utagawa Toyokuni

Era: Mid Showa | Currency: $ / £ / €

Price: ¥ 10,000$ 77.00£ 60.50€ 70.50 [Item has been sold]

Description: This pair of prints are from the "12 Months of Modern Beauties" series, consisting of 12 pairs. It was originally produced in 1822 by the publisher Ibasen as a multicolor printed fan print. The items here are reproductions published by Yuyudo in 1975. Fan prints are often on one side, but this series is unique - the design of the front and back sides of the fan are fused together, and part of the figures are overlapped on both sides to create the illusion of three-dimensionality when you spin the fan around and around.

Each pair depicts a month of the modern lifestyle of a woman and this pair depicts the fifth lunar month, a woman is holding a roll of tissue against her mouth. The reverse side of the fan print shows a wooden box containing some other tissues behind a green mosquito net.

There are a few slight foxing spots on the left sheet.

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