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| Artist: | Narazaki Eisho (Fuyo, Kyokudo, Shinjo) — 楢崎栄昭、扶陽、新城 |
| Title: | Asakusa Kanzeon Temple |
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| Date of first edition?: | 17/03/1932 |
| Date of this artwork?: | 1932 (may not be accurate) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Watanabe — 渡辺 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Watanabe — 渡辺 |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 27113 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Artist: Narazaki Eisho
Date: March 1932
Subject: "Asakusa Kanzeon Temple"
Publisher: Watanabe
Format: Oban design measures 10" x 15"
Both pre-war and post-war strikes exist. Sometime between the usage of the C and D seals, the date carving was removed (perhaps due to damage?). |
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| Notes (this edition)?: |
| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
EISHO NARAZAKI
Title: Asakusa Kannon Temple
Print Type: Original Japanese Woodblock Print
Publisher: Watanabe
Size: 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (paper)
Condition: Very fine impression and color; fine state. Slightly soiled at upper corner of top margin. Paper hinge residue on reverse, top corners..
Notes: ILLUSTRATED : JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS, by Shizuya Fujikake, 1954; page 95. Proffessor Fujikake states, "His (Narazaki) most representive work is the one showing the interior of the Asakusa Kannon Temple, a print of high quality both in composition and color effect".
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| Artist Bio: |
We can confirm that his works were published via Watanabe and that he first used the pseudonym Fuyo from around 1916 to 1932, after which he used Eisho:
LINK to scan of catalogue
However, according to Merritt (and likely sourced from the ukiyo-e scholar Fujikake Shizuya, 1938), Narazaki Eisho used the art names Fuyo from 1916-1922, and Eisho from 1922-1936.
Note that all of the mitsugiri prints that I have seen are signed "Fuyo" 扶陽, not Eisho, so I suspect the mitsugiri prints are his oldest works (and indeed they do look older than his oban-sized print).
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