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| Artist: | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水 |
| Title: | Kozu, Osaka |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1924 |
| Date of this artwork?: | <1957 (may not be accurate) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Watanabe Shozaburo — 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: | 28196 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Title Kozu Shrine
rare: original color edition:
Artist Hasui Kawase 1883-1957
Signature Hasui.
Seal Artist's seal.
Dated 1924.
Publisher Watanabe.
Medium/Technique Woodblock print.
Description "Osaka, Kozu". The pale moonlight illuminates Kozu shrine, which has been deserted for the evening. But the megalopolis, Osaka, below the deck is still awake with hundreds of electric lights. Only the bright evening star can be seen on the darkening sky. |
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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:
Kawase-Kozu, Osaka- 1.jpg is:
Original pre-war (no!) Hasui woodblock with the 6mm Watanabe seal. Signed and sealed lower/right. Image measures 14 3/8" x 9 3/8" (not including the margins). Woodblock is archivally mounted (corner mounts), matted and framed in a 1/2" wide modern 22" x 16" black oak frame. Woodblock has some minor condition problems. General overall toning. A few repaired edge tears with one or two slightly encroaching upon the image. A slight piece missing from the left margin as shown, and a missing lower/right corner which has been replaced. The missing corner did not intrude upon the image. All the problems aren't noticeable unless examined very closely. |
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| Artist Bio: |
川瀬 巴水。1883年（明治16年）5月18日 - 1957年（昭和32年）11月7 日）。大正・昭和期の浮世絵師、版画家。1918年 （大正7年）、風景画家として世に出る。以後、数多くの木版画を発表。 衰退した日本の浮世絵版画を復興すべく吉田博らとともに新しい浮世絵版画の叙情的世界に、自然に肉薄する近代人の視点を導入することにより、独自の世界を展開した。享年74歳。 |
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