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| Artist: | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水 |
| Title: | Deer Strolling along Kasuga Shrine, Nara |
| Series: | Shinto and its Architecture |
| Date of first edition?: | 1936 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Watanabe Shozaburo — 渡辺 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Watanabe — 渡辺 |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Koban
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| Format (this edition): | Koban |
| DB artwork code: | 29398 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
| From the print series for the book "Shinto and its Architecture", 1936. |
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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:
Offered for sale is a Japanese woodblock print by Kawase Hasui (1883-1957), titled Deer Strolling along Kasuga Shrine, Nara, from the series Shinto and its Architecture, 1936. It is from the estate of Robert O. Muller, the world renown collector and dealer of shin hanga school prints. It is illustrated at plate Hb-s7 of Kawase Hasui: The Complete Woodblock Prints by Kendall H. Brown. It was published by The Watanabe Color Print Co.
The print is in very good condition, with extremely fresh colors. There is some thinning to the top reverse corners and a paper flaw in sky. The dimensions are approximately 6 7/8 x 4 1/2 inches, plus 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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