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| Artist: | Kotozuka Eiichi (1906-) — 琴塚英一 |
| Title: | Bamboo |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1960 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Uchida — 内田 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Uchida — 内田 |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 30646 |
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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 an genuine original Japanese woodblock print by great shin-hanga artist Kotozuka Eiichi (1906-1979) titled "Bamboo ". This print is probably the most famous from Kotozuka Eiichi “zen” works, published by Uchida in 1950 (first edition) not later Unsodo reprint. The print is not trimmed, has full margins. Great impression, good color and registration - pristine condition. Sealed by artist and publisher in the image. Oban size 15 3/4" x 10 3/4". The print reprodused in “Collectors value guide to Japanese Woodblock prints” by Sandra Andacht, pg.156.
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| Artist Bio: |
KOTOZUKA, EIICHI was born in Osaka in 1906. He studied at the Kyoto Specialist School of Painting and in the late 1940s was one of the four artists who founded a co-operative publishing company called Koryokusha in an effort to gain an artistic expression free of the major houses. Tokuriki, Tobei and Tasaburo were the other three involved. He has created quite a number of woodblocks covering unique scenes of Japanese tradition, flowers, landscapes and wildlife. He was a member of the Seiryusha Group of Liberal Artists and Died in 1979.
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