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An image of Shanghai dancers by YAMAMURA Toyonari

YAMAMURA Toyonari

(Japan 1886–1942)

Title
Shanghai dancers
Place of origin
Japan
Period
Taishô period 1912 - 1926 → Japan
Year
1924
Media category
Print
Materials used
colour woodcut
Dimensions

39.9 x 27.1cm image; 41.4 x 28.7cm sheet

Signature & date
Signed and dated u.l., ink "1924 [and artist's seal]". Signed l.l.margin, in Japanese, ink [stamped] "Toyonari".
Credit
Purchased 1984
Accession number
56.1984
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (2)

Jackie Menzies (Australia) (Author), AJIOKA Chiaki (Japan) (Author), John Clark (Australia) (Author), Tsutomu MIZUSAWA (Author), Modern Boy Modern Girl: modernity in Japanese art 1910-1935, Domain, 1998, 122, 123 (colour illus.), 168. cat.no. 52

Ukiyo-e to Shin hanga: The Art of Japanese Woodblock Prints 1990, 1990, 223 (colour illus.).

Exhibition history (3)

Japanese prints of the 20th century, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 23 Jun 1990–12 Aug 1990.

Modern Boy Modern Girl - modernity in Japanese art 1910-1935, Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura, 17 May 1998–28 Jun 1998.

Modern Boy Modern Girl - modernity in Japanese art 1910-1935, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 18 Jul 1998–30 Aug 1998.