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| Artist: | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水 |
| Title: | Spring Evening at Kintai Bridge |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1947 |
| Date of this artwork?: | >1957 (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: | 30518 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Artist Kawase Hasui
Title Spring Evening at Kintai Bridge
Medium Original Japanese Woodblock Print
Edition 1st State has printer Ono Gintaro seal
Date 1947
Publisher Watanabe
Reference No Hotei #503
Size 15 -1/2 x 10 -1/2 " |
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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:
Kawase- SPRING EVENING AT KINTAIKYO BRIDGE- 1.jpg is:
Evening at the Kintaibashi in Spring, 1947
Kawase Hasui (1883 – 1957)
This wonderful spring cherry blossom scene at the Kintaibashi is one of Hasui’s best. The beautiful blossoms in full bloom dominate the foreground in a design reminiscent of Hiroshige. A single boatman passes under the traditional old bridge.
Signed- Kawase Hasui with red artist’s seal “sui”
Sealed- Publisher Watanabe, 7mm seal, later edition original, from original blocks
Image size- 9 ½” x 14 3/8” (oban tate-e)
Condition- Excellent, no toning, tears, not mounted, full 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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