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| Artist: | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水 |
| Title: | Snowy Inokashira, Benten |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1929 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Sakai and Kawaguchi — 酒井川口 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Sakai and Kawaguchi — 酒井川口 |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 30245 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Title Snow at a Shrine Entrance
first & limited edition - provenance: Robert O. Muller estate
Artist Hasui Kawase 1883-1957
Signature Hasui
Seal sui
Dated 1929
Publisher Sakai and Kawaguchi
Medium/Technique Woodblock print
Impression excellent - very good … lightly embossed, some of snow flakes were embossed and some were printed in different shades to show the depth.
Colors very good
Condition very good … dark toning, slightly creased, margins creased. (To see the backside of this print, please click on the image to the last enlargement.)
Edition Size 100
Numbered 44 / 100
Description "Shato no Yuki" Steadily falling snow at the entrance of Benten shrine and the pond in Inokashira, Tokyo. Hasui made only sixteen prints for the publisher Kawaguchi and Sakai. These handful works were considered among his finest work, especially the snow scenes.
Note carver Maeda, printer Komatsu. Provenance: Robert O. Muller estate. (Edition number in Japanese pasted on the back).
Format Oban yoko-e
Width Item 16.9 inches = 43.0 cm
Height Item 11.0 inches = 28.0 cm
Width Image 14.4 inches = 36.5 cm
Height Image 9.4 inches = 24.0 cm |
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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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