nihonga
Jigoku taifu - Courtesan from hellSigned: Shiun
Seals: Shiun
Technique: colours on paper 133.4 x 31.8
Mounting: striped silk and grey silk 203 x 44.5
Box: signed
Condition: stains at the top of the mounting, otherwise very good
Shiun made a few kuchi-e, bookcover illustrations, he contributed a number of prints to a series depicting the Great Kanto Earthquake, but he is best known for a few large head bijin prints.
Reference:
Merritt & Yamada ’92
Price: ON REQUEST
