Sketch of a Woman with a Battledore - Tsukioka Yoshitoshi Art Print
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Her hair has no color yet. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi drew only its outline, a tall coiffure of looped side-locks crowned by a scalloped comb tinted pale slate. Ukiyo-e designers often stopped there. Cutting every strand fell to the master carver and his cherry woodblock.
So this sheet catches a picture halfway to being born. Sketch of a Woman with a Battledore is a late nineteenth-century brush drawing from the years Edo gave way to Meiji Japan. Short combed strokes mark her hairline. A watery rose blush pools at her temple, and her mouth is one bright dab of fuchsia.
Then the collars. Doubled lines stack at her throat, layers of New Year kimono drawn with a loaded brush that splits and dries mid-stroke. An obi bow juts from her back. And the hagoita she carries is blank too. Fancy holiday paddles wore padded-silk portraits of kabuki stars. Hers waits bare, a flat board shaped like an unprinted page.
Yoshitoshi trained under Utagawa Kuniyoshi and became the last great name in ukiyo-e. This late nineteenth-century bijin-ga ink drawing shows his hand before any woodblock came near. Hang this Japanese ink drawing art print by a cold window and wait for the shuttlecock to drop. This Yoshitoshi beauty stays forever unfinished and all the more beautiful for it.
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1. Vertical
Use the sawtooth hanger at the top middle on the back of the frame and hang it on a single screw or nail.
2. Horizontal
Hang the two sawtooth hangers on two screws or nails at the same heightPut two screws or nails in the wall at the same height, spaced the same distance apart as the two sawtooth hangers, then hang your print on them.
Framed Canvas
1. D-rings (most secure)
Screw a D-ring onto the back of the frame on the left and right, both at the same height. A ruler helps here. Then put two screws in the wall where you want your canvas, level with each other and spaced the same distance apart as the D-rings. A spirit level makes this easier. Finally, hook the D-rings onto the screws.
2. Straight onto screws
Keep it simple: put two screws in the wall at the same height and rest the inner lip at the top of the back of the frame on them.
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2. Produced on Demand
Printed after you purchase at print labs across the USA, UK, EU & AUS. Produced, quality checked, packed with care and handed to trusted shipping carriers within 72-96 hours on average.
3. Production + Shipping =
USA: 4-9 days • Canada: 5-12 days • UK: 4-9 days • EU: 5-10 days • AUS: 4-9 days • NZ: 5-12 days • Rest of the world: 3-4 weeks
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