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| Artist: | Kotozuka Eiichi (1906-) — 琴塚英一 |
| Title: | Mt. Rokko |
| Series: | 12 Woodblock Prints of Kansai Area — 京阪神奈良風物版画集 |
| Date of first edition?: | Not set |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Uchida — 内田 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Uchida — 内田 |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Postcard
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| Format (this edition): | Postcard |
| DB artwork code: | 30660 |
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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 gorgeous early woodblock print by Japanese printmaker Eiichi Kotozuka. It is matted in its original mat, but not framed. It is titled Mt. Rokko. It measures about 4 1/4 x 6, plus full margins. Mint condition. (Note: although the picture is very slightly blurry, the print itself is crisp and clear.) |
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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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