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| Artist: | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水 |
| Title: | Iris Garden at Meiji Shrine, Tokyo |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1951 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Watanabe — 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: | 30403 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
This is a beautiful original woodblock print by noted shin hanga master Kawase Hasui. The print depicts families strolling through an iris garden. It is oban size, about 14 1/2 x 9 1/2 plus full margins. Condition is good; there is a faint mat line, which you can barely see in the scan (and it's very faint in person as well). Color and impression are very good. The print bears the small red 6mm Watanabe seal in the lower lefthand corner, indicating that this is a true first edition print (dating from 1951, after Watanabe stopped using seals in the margins). It is, in fact, one of Hasui's last prints, number 542 out of 567 that he did.
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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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