Professional Golfer — プロゴルファー
by Wada Sanzo (1883-1967)

	Artist:	Wada Sanzo (1883-1967) — 和田三造
	Title:	Professional Golfer — プロゴルファー
	Series:	Occupations of the Showa Era in Pictures - Continued — 続昭和職業絵尽
	Date of first edition?:	1954/11
	Date of this artwork?:	1954 November (may not be accurate)
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Kyoto Hanga-In — 京都版画院
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Kyoto Hanga-In — 京都版画院
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Large Oban
	Format (this edition):	Large Oban
	DB artwork code:	29313
	Notes (first edition)?:	Title Professional Golfer - Series Occupations of Japan in Showa Artist Sanzo Wada 1883-1968 Signature Sanzo Seal artist's seal Dated 1954, May Publisher Kyoto Hangain Technique/Medium Woodblock print Description "Zoku Showa Shokugyo E-zukushi" (Continuing Sketches of Occupations in Showa Era) Professional golfers. Golf became one of the most beloved sports in Japan second to baseball. The first of this large series was published by Nishinomiya Shoin in 1938 - 1943. It was very popular and even featured on the Asahi Newspapers everytime the new design was published. The series was interrupted by W.W. II. After the war, Kyoto Hanga-in made the continuation of the series as limited editions. The series is an interesting document of the new as well as the old, dying occupations in Japan in early to mid 20th Century. Note carver for first editon: Matsuda, printer for first editon: Ohno (2nd edition: Shinagawa), print was editioned in the left margin. There is also a 2nd edition of this scene. The position of the Wada artist seal and signature is moved to the lower right of the image area for the 2nd edition. Width 16.8 inches = 42.7 cm Height 13.9 inches = 35.3 cm Series title in old-style kanji is "續昭和職業繪盡".
	Notes (this edition)?:	The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies: Saturday, 27 August 2005 タイトル プロゴルファー 技法、材料 版画 サイズ（cm） 37.5 x 27.5 [横 x 縦]