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| Artist: | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水 |
| Title: | Evening Snowfall at Kiyomizu Temple, Kyoto — 清水寺の？雪 |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1950 |
| Date of this artwork?: | >=1989 (may not be accurate) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Watanabe Shozaburo — 渡辺 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Watanabe Shozaburo — 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: | 30399 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Title Evening Snowfall at Kiyomizu Temple
Artist Hasui Kawase 1883-1957
Description "Kiyomizudera no Bosetsu" (Evening Snowfall at Kiyomizu Temple).
Signature Hasui.
Seal Sui.
Dated 1950.
Publisher Watanabe.
Medium/Technique Woodblock print.
Format Oban tate-e
Width Item 10.6 inches = 26.8 cm
Height Item 15.6 inches = 39.7 cm
Literature Brown, Kendall; Amy Reigle Newland, "Kawase Hasui; The Complete Woodblock Prints", Amsterdam, Hotei Publishing, KIT Publishers, 2003, ISBN: 9074822460, - pg. 566, pl. 539 |
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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:
Falling Snow at Kiyomizu Temple by Kawase Hasui. Genuine woodblock print dated October Showa 25 (1950). Later impression from original blocks. Fine condition. Oban size measures 15.7 x 10.3 incehs. Strong ink penetration on fine Hosho Washi. 7mm Watanabe seal in lower left of image. Red Heisei era Watanabe seal in right margin.
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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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