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Sanzo Wada Fortune Teller Japanese Woodblock Print

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Sanzo Wada Fortune Teller Japanese Woodblock Print

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Artist: Sanzo WADA (1883-1968)

Title: "Fortune Teller"

Date: 1939, "First Edition"

Series: "Sketches of Occupations in Showa Era" ("Showa Shokugyo E-zukushi")

Publisher: Nishinomiya Sho-in.

Image Size: 10 1/2 x 14 1/2 (plus margins, 11 1/4 x 14 3/4 overall)

Medium: Japanese Woodblock Print

Impression: Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading to kimonos and backbround; light "gauffrage" (embossing) to people and stone lantern; highly detailed carving.

Condition: Excellent. (Absolutely flawless.).

An interestingly illuminated scene of a fortune teller with two customers. From a 48 print series 1938-43 (plus 24 scenes done 1954-58)--all depicting traditional Showa-era occupations.

Sanzo Wada (1883-1967) was a Japanese painter and costume designer who won the Academy Award for Costume Design for his work on the jidaigeki film Gate of Hell.

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