Junichi Nakahara Sentimental Beautiful Girl Painting "Plum Season" Multicolor Woodblock Print Supervised by Shoji Nakahara with Certificate Seal

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Artwork Title: Ume no Koro (Around Plum Season) - A Lyrical Beautiful Girl Painting
Artist: Junichi Nakahara
Technique: Multi-color Woodblock Print
List Price: ¥72,360

Includes a handwritten signature and edition number.
The signature is by the supervisor, Soji Nakahara.
This is No. 40 out of a limited edition of 500 prints.
Framed with acrylic board.
This artwork is supervised by Soji Nakahara, the second son of Junichi Nakahara and Kuniko Ashihara, and honorary director of the Junichi Nakahara Museum.
There is a certificate sticker on the back of the frame.
*The box is not included.

There are old scratches on the frame and some sun fading on the artwork.

Dimensions
Frame: Height 34 cm x Width 54 cm x Depth 2 cm
Inner Mat Opening: Height 18.5 cm x Width 38 cm
Artwork: Height 16 cm x Width 37.5 cm


This is Junichi's final woodblock print, created in 1974 as a two-part series with Ame (Rain). It is a limited edition of only 500 prints, produced using 18 woodblocks by a master printer and carver designated by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, printed on Echizen handmade Japanese paper.


Junichi Nakahara
Painter, Illustrator, Fashion Researcher, Magazine Editor of the Showa Period
Moved to Tokyo in 1925 to study art. Around 1932, while attending the Japan Fine Arts School, he became an illustrator for the girls' magazine Shōjo no Tomo and gained immense popularity for his depictions of girls with large eyes and small lips. During World War II, his work was banned under pressure from the military. In 1946, he launched the quarterly fashion magazine Soleil, which was supported by girls for its delicate illustrations of beautiful girls in the style of Yumeji Takehisa. In 1947, he founded Himawari Co., Ltd., launching Himawari and Junior Soleil, and was also active in fashion design, lyric writing, and musical direction. He battled illness from the mid-1950s. After his death, Himawari was reissued. In 2000, the Junichi Nakahara Memorial Museum opened in Kawaguchiko Town, Yamanashi Prefecture.