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| Artist: | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水 |
| Title: | Lake Matsubara on a Morning, Shinshu |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1941 (circa) |
| Date of this artwork?: | >=1989 (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: | 28276 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Artist Kawase Hasui
Title Lake Matsubara, Shinshu
Medium Original Japanese Woodblock Print
Date 1941
Publisher S. Watanabe
Reference No Hotei #454
Size 10 -5/8 x 15 -3/4 "
Notes: First edition prints from the late 1930's and 1940's are seldom seen due to paper rationing at that time, and the fact that Watanabe had a dwindling number of foreign customers. As a result, he printed fewer examples. |
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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- Lake Matsubara on a Morning, Shinshu.jpg is:
Lake Matsubara on a Morning, Shinshu
A colorful image of this rural nature scene with a lone fisherman on the bank of Lake Matsubara. This wonderful design is a nice departure from the city scenes and temples and showcases Hasui’s talent for capturing the beauty of the Japanese countryside.
Signed- Kawase Hasui with red artist’s seal “sui”
Sealed- Publisher Watanabe, 7mm seal, later edition original, from original blocks
Image size- 14 3/8” x 9 1/2” (oban yoko-e)
Condition- Excellent, no toning, tears, not mounted, full margins |
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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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