Shunmo - The Dancer

The Dancer

Shunmo's original Japanese brush drawing, "The Dancer" is drawn upon 19th century Japanese mulberry paper and with full margins. It is signed with two red seals and titled by the artist within the image. "The Dancer" is a fine, original example of the art created by the nineteenth century Japanese artist, Shunmo. What is so striking about this original drawing is the astonishing artistry it contains. With such ease, Shunmo simply created this scene in freehand.

Original Japanese Brush Drawing by the 19th century Japanese artist, Shunmo.

The Dancer

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Shunmo (Japanese Artist, 19th c.)
#	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Info	-
01-	The Dancer by Shunmo	Original Japanese Brush Drawing	c. 1870	Signed with Two red seals and titled by Shunmo within the image.	Sold
02.-	The Robber by Shunmo	Original Japanese Brush Drawing	c. 1870	Signed with Two red seals and titled by Shunmo within the image.	Sold

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Title:	The Dancer
Artist:	Shunmo (Japanese Artist, 19th c.)
Date:	c. 1870
Medium:	Original Japanese Brush Drawing
Note:	This beautiful nineteenth century Japanese brush drawing was probably designed for an illustrated book. The purpose of the Japanese illustrated book differs significantly from that of its western counterpart. Japanese books were usually created by a single artist. They contained little or no text and each page was an original woodcut design based upon a drawing. The first Japanese illustrated books appeared in the late seventeenth century and were mainly instructional manuals to paint in the Chinese style. By late eighteenth century, however, the Japanese illustrated book had become a vital artform, with such great masters as Utamaro creating superb albums of figure studies, views and natural history subjects. Each great master artist contributed to the genre and the books became showcases for their talents. Many of these albums were simply titled the master’s drawing book (“Gafu”) or his picture book (“Ehon”).
	In 1814 the great genius, Hokusai, published his first book of ‘Manga’. Roughly translated, manga means ‘random sketches’, and it was mainly towards scenes from everyday life that Hokusai’s manga books were directed. This original drawing was probably composed for Shunmo’s Manga album. "The Dancer" shows the mark of a master in its bold simplicity, grace and movement.
	Drawings made for woodcuts were on very thin mulberry paper so that the cutter could clearly reproduce the original lines upon his block. This is the case with the paper used by Shunmo for this drawing. Unfortunately, once the original drawing was used by the cutter, it was inevitably sliced to shreds. Thus very few drawings from Japan’s nineteenth century have survived. To find an original nineteenth century drawing containing the artist’s red seal signatures (thus signifying that "The Dancer" is a completely finished work of art) is even more rare.
	Finally, what is so striking about this original drawing -- and the drawings from all Japanese masters of this time -- is the astonishing artistry it contains. With such remarkable ease, Shunmo simply created this scene in freehand. Not one line is out of place: the drawing is without fault.
Size:	8 X 6 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Framed and Matted with 100% Archival Materials
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Condition:	Drawn upon 19th century Japanese mulberry (rice) paper and with full margins. Signed with Two red seals and titled by the artist within the image. The Dancer is in excellent condition throughout. It is a fine original example of the art created by the Japanese artist, Shumno.
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