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[Woman after bath (the model Tomi after bath)] – Vintage Print

[Woman after bath (the model Tomi after bath)], 1920 July. — historic print
[Woman after bath (the model Tomi after bath)], 1920 July.. Historic print from the Japanese Prints collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Identified in its title as a portrait of the model Tomi, this color woodcut shows a woman after her bath, a theme that recurs in Japanese printmaking of the 1920s. It belongs to the shin hanga, or "new prints," movement, which revived traditional woodblock methods of carved blocks and hand-applied color while adopting softer modeling and more naturalistic detail. Many shin hanga publishers relied on Western buyers, who often prized these prints for blending old craft with a modern sensibility. The 2001 exhibition catalog that lists the work places it within a longer tradition of intimate scenes of daily life.

Created / published1920 July.
Medium1 print : woodcut, color ; 17 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (approximate size).
Genreorganized by the Library of Congress, 2001.
NotesTitle and other information based on entry for item in exhibition catalog. Shin hanga print. The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows, dreams and substance / essays by Sandy Kita ... [et al.]. New York: Harry N. Abrams, in association with the Library of Congress, 2001, no. 85, p. 149. Exhibited: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows
SubjectsWomen--Japan--1920-1930. Nudes--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,643 × 4,476 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-221936

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