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| Artist: | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水 |
| Title: | Starry Night at Tsubosaka Temple, Nara |
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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: | 30612 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Starry Night at Tsubosaka Temple, Nara, 1950
Kawase Hasui (1883 – 1957)
Starry Night at Tsubosaka Temple, Nara
A wonderful image of the beautiful entrance gate to the Tsubosaka temple. The classic, ancient gate in the natural setting amidst towering pines is fantastic.
Signed- Kawase Hasui with red artist’s seal “sui”
Sealed- Publisher Watanabe, 7mm seal, later edition
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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