Vintage Japanese Kappazuri Print Yoshitoshi Mori Bijin Playing Shamisen 1984 Ed 13/90 Kimono and coarse beard rendered in

and coarse beard rendered in deeply modeled relief

Lacquered wood kanban shop sign with gilt ground and raised black characters

its name echoing the word “medetai” (auspicious

unglazed foot and lower exterior

A circular cloisonné charger on a deep teal-green ground densely worked with scrolling floral vines

Vintage Japanese Kappazuri Print Yoshitoshi Mori Bijin Playing Shamisen 1984 Ed 13/90 Kimono and coarse beard rendered inYoshitoshi Mori (, 18981992) Bijin with shamisen () kappazuri stencil print, 1984, edition 13 90 Shwa period, dated 1984 A bijin sits absorbed in playing the shamisen, her head inclined downward, lips parted as if in song. She holds the neck of the instrument in her left hand and draws the bachi (plectrum) across the strings with her right caught mid phrase, her expression inward and focused. Her kimono is a deep black with blue geometric lining at