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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Taishō period 1912 - 1926 → Japan
- Date
- 1924
- Media category
- Materials used
- woodblock print; ink and colour on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.9 x 19.5 cm image;18.8 x 20.0 cm sheet; 32.5 x 24.5 cm cover page
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1991
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 178.1991
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Takehisa Yumeji
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About
During the 1920s, Japan’s newly emergent urban culture nurtured the development of modern art. International fashion and ideas were eagerly adopted and, after the First World War, many Japanese people travelled to Europe and America. Among them was Takehisa Yumeji, a poet and painter whose graphic work ranged from illustrations for socialist and anti-war magazines to images of the modern urban woman. His work often featured in 'The Ladies’ Graphic', a lifestyle and fashion magazine akin to 'The Home' in Australia which was similarly instrumental in promoting a new female identity through striking cover designs.
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Places
Where the work was made
Japan
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Modern Boy Modern Girl - modernity in Japanese art 1910-1935, Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura, Kamakura, 17 May 1998–28 Jun 1998
Modern Boy Modern Girl - modernity in Japanese art 1910-1935, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 18 Jul 1998–30 Aug 1998
20th-Century galleries, ground level (rehang), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 20 Aug 2022–2023
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Chiaki Ajioka, Modern Boy Modern Girl: modernity in Japanese art 1910-1935, 'Lure of the City', pg. 29-54, Sydney, 1998, 49 (colour illus.), 167. cat.no. 44(vii)
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TAKESUE Akiko, Artwrite, 'Act as a Go-Between', pg. 12-13, Kensington, 1998, 13 (illus.).
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