{"product_id":"miwa-komatsu-together-with-the-komainu-silkscreen-2020-signed-ed-50","title":"Miwa Komatsu Together with the Komainu Silkscreen 2020, Signed, Edition of 50, Framed, Boxed","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Contemporary Japanese Art\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eTogether with the Komainu, a 2020 silkscreen by Miwa Komatsu in an edition of 50, signed in pencil, two guardian lion-dogs mirrored inside an oval of blue, pink and gold, framed in black.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMiwa Komatsu, born in Nagano in 1984, paints the guardian beasts and spirits of Japanese belief in dense, glittering line, and in 2015 her Arita porcelain komainu entered the British Museum. Her silkscreens are printed in small numbered editions and carry the same coiled energy as her paintings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe komainu are the paired guardians who stand at shrine gates, and Komatsu has made them her signature subject. Here one beast rises above a band of pink and its twin reflects below, both drawn in black and gold scrolls inside a deep blue oval on a white sheet. The signature sits at lower right and the edition number at lower left.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe work measures 45.5 x 37.7 cm (17.9 x 14.8 in). Kept unopened in its storage box and cloth bag since framing, it is as fresh as new.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Miwa Komatsu (born 1984)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Together with the Komainu\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2020\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Silkscreen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e 50\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignature:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pencil, lower right; edition lower left\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 45.5 x 37.7 cm (17.9 x 14.8 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFrame:\u003c\/strong\u003e Black wood with white mount\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAccessories:\u003c\/strong\u003e Storage box and yellow cloth bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Unused, framed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnused and kept in its storage box since framing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrint, mount and frame clean.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition grade \u003cstrong\u003eS (new, unused)\u003c\/strong\u003e on the Japanese scale; see \u003ca href=\"\/de\/blogs\/news\/japanese-condition-ranks-explained\"\u003eJapanese condition ranks, explained\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthenticity \u0026amp; Care\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery piece is checked by hand in Tokyo before it leaves us. 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