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| Artist: | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水 |
| Title: | Snow at Zojoji Temple, Shiba (Zojyoji) — 芝増上寺 |
| Series: | 20 Views of Tokyo |
| Date of first edition?: | 1925 |
| Date of this artwork?: | 1930s (may not be accurate) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Watanabe Shozaburo — 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: | 30707 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Warning: As of around 2012 there is a new publisher of this scene: Sakai Kokodo (酒井好古堂). It looks very similar to the Watanabe version but can be purchased in Japan for around $200. The blocks were carved by Asaka Motoharu (朝香元晴）and printed by Hishimura Toshi(菱村敏). Please be careful that you don't accidently pay an exorbitant price for such a print mistakenly thinking it is an original Watanabe-published print. Dishonest sellers are actively selling this edition on eBay and an auction in Japan. Please see my research note here:
https://www.ohmigallery.com/Sales/Beware_of_Hasui_Zojoji_Restrikes.htm
Artist: Hasui, Kawase, 1883-1957
Title: Zojo Temple, Shiba
Series: Twenty Views of Tokyo
Date: 1925
Medium: woodblock
Dimensions: 14 1/4 x 9 3/8 inches
Illustrated: Hasui, pl. 147
川瀬巴水画
東京二十景
芝増上寺
サイズ：およそ 38.5cm×26cm |
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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:
Wednesday, 7 June 2006
ARTIST:
Hasui.
FORMAT:
Oban, Tate-e. (15" x 10").
SERIES:
Twenty Views of Tokyo
DATED:
1925
DESCRIPTION:
Zojo Temple, Shiba.
PUBLISHER:
Watanabe.
CONDITION:
Slight soiling to margins, minor marks and flaws but otherwise very good impression, colour and condition.
Note: Bears Watanabe 'B' seal to right margin. Unusually also shows the series title to left margin, missing from both the versions illustrated in Watanabe's Hasui and Hotei's Hasui, The Complete Woodblock Prints. Generally considered one of the artist's finest designs.
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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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