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HASHIGUCHI GOYO (1880-1921)
Showa era (1926-1989), circa 1950
Two large tate-e keyblock proof prints: the first Futokoro kagami (A
Pocket Mirror), depicting a woman in kimono looking into a mirror,
a black cat sleeping behind her, dated and signed Taisho kyunen
kugatsu Goyo ga (September, Taisho 9 [1920], painted by Goyo), with
artist’s round seal Hashiguchi Goyo on the lower right corner, 46.5cm
x 29.7cm (18 5/16in x 11 11/16in); the second Tsume o kiru onna
(Woman Clipping Her Toenails), depicting a woman crouched, clipping
her nails, dated and signed Taisho kyunen jugatsu Goyo ga (October,
Taisho 9 [1920], painted by Goyo) with artist’s square seal on the upper
right, 45.5cm x 32.5cm (17 7/8in x 12 13/16in). (2).

£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 230,000
US$1,400 - 2,000
Designed in 1920 but posthumously published by the artist’s family
in the 1950s.

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