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| Artist: | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水 |
| Title: | Snow at Miyajima — 雪の宮嶋 |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1929/7 |
| Date of this artwork?: | 1929 (may not be accurate) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Sakai and Kawaguchi — 酒井川口 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Sakai and Kawaguchi — 酒井川口 |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 30758 |
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Here is an interesting note from a Hasui collector about Sakai & Kawaguchi later editions from post-war recarved blocks:
As you will know, Hasui published 16 prints with the publisher Kawaguchi. Recent prints of some of these can still be ordered via the publisher Watanabe (Watanabe buys them from the successor of Kawaguchi ) I saw that these modern prints deviate in detail from the original prints. Watanabe told me in a mail that all the woodblocks at Kawaguchi have been destroyed at a certain moment (cause unknown) and that during the lifetime of Hasui new blocks were carved. Watanabe writes :
"HKS prints are made by the other publisher not by S. Watanabe.
In 1930’s, Mr. Sakai and Mr. Kawaguchi made 15 design by Kawase Hasui.
And these original woodblocks were lost. We don't know the reason at all.
After 1945, during Hasui's lifetime, new woodblocks were made for these designs again .
Hasui made block copies for them again. So I recognize them as the second original woodblocks. HKS prints I sell now are the late printings from second original woodblocks. And as they are made by the other publisher, they have no (Heisei) Watanabe seals.” |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Monday, 28 November 2005
This is a great opportunity to own a very early,original color woodblock print by Japanese Master,Kawase Hasui.This woodblock is titled: "Snow at Miyajima"(Yuki no Miyajima). It has the Kawaguchi & Sakai B-Seal which was used only between 1929-31. It also has the carver printer seal,Maeda/Komatsu. And also lower left corner is the K and S Seal E. This woodblock is in remarkable condition, it came to us in the original folder, it is tipped onto that folder with two spots of glue in the upper two corners. The sheet is very clean only a very slight warm tone of age to the sheet. One can see the woodgrain pattern in the inking. On the back of the print is good bleed through, a faint "Made in Japan" stamp,and some inscribed words and numbers. They read: "TK152/mox and LPOP"..The color on this print is quite rich and beautifully done.
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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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