Shimei Terajima Sold at Auction Prices

Painter, b. 1892 - d. 1975

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  • TERASHIMA SHIMEI (1892-1975) COLOR WOODBLOCK
    Jun. 29, 2023

    TERASHIMA SHIMEI (1892-1975) COLOR WOODBLOCK

    Est: $50 - $1,000

    Color woodblock print of a young beauty. With signature inscriptions and embossing in margins. Dimensions: (Sheet) H 15.75" x W 10.75" Condition: Good, strong, clean impression. Exceptionally bright.

    Westport Auction
  • A painted wood Hagoita (Shuttlecock paddle) By Terashima Tokushige (1892-1975), Showa era (1926-1989), c. 1930
    Sep. 14, 2016

    A painted wood Hagoita (Shuttlecock paddle) By Terashima Tokushige (1892-1975), Showa era (1926-1989), c. 1930

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    A PAINTED WOOD HAGOITA (SHUTTLECOCK PADDLE) By Terashima Tokushige (1892-1975), Showa era (1926-1989), c. 1930 Decorated in mineral pigments, ink and gofun (clam-shell gesso) on silk with a design of a fashionable young woman with bobbed hair, wearing a beret, jade earrings, and an ermine collar in falling snow, the reverse with a white camellia on the wood core, the handle wrapped in black velvet, sealed on the reverse Shimei With the original tomobako lid (now fitted into a new paulownia storage box), titled on the exterior Yuki (Snow), and signed and sealed on the reverse of the Shimei This elegantly designed paddle with a portrait of a moga (modern girl) must have been a fashionable New Year’s gift. The beauty looks out at the snow dressed in colorful silk, wrapped in ermine against the cold, her hair bobbing from beneath a French beret. Self-possessed and worldly, she reveals a vulnerable wistfulness at the passing of the old year. Born in Hyogo Prefecture, Terashima Shimei studied painting under Kaburagi Kiyokata. He exhibited at government-sponsored exhibitions before and after World War II, and won numerous awards from prestigious institutions including the Ministry of Education and the Japan Art Academy. Noted as a painter of traditional Japanese beauties in kimono, Shimei also worked as an illustrator and produced woodblock prints; later in life he published art criticism. His work is in the collection of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

    Bonhams
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