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| Artist: | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水 |
| Title: | Great Buddha at Kamakura |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1930 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Watanabe — 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: | 31094 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Title The Great Buddha
first edition
Artist Hasui Kawase 1883-1957
Signature 'Hasui'.
Seal Artist's seal.
Dated 1930.
Publisher S. Watanabe.
Medium/Technique Woodblock print.
Description "Kamakura Daibutsu" (The Great Buddha, Kamakura). This design has another color version which was created later. The bronze statue of Amida Buddha, also popularly known as "The Great Buddha of Kamakura". It is located near the Kotoku Temple in Kamakura. With a height of 13.35 meters, it is the second highest Buddha statue in Japan. The temple compound which housed the Buddha was swept away by the great tsunami in 1495. But the venerable Buddha remained here to oversee a million people every year.
Note Publisher Watanabe's seal during 1927-32 stamped on the right margin. Watanabe's old seal indicating its Ginza address is pasted on the backside.
Format Oban tate-e
Width Item 10.4 inches = 26.5 cm
Height Item 15.2 inches = 38.5 cm
Width Image 9.4 inches = 24.0 cm
Height Image 14.4 inches = 36.5 cm |
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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:
Kawase Hasui - Great Buddha at Kamakura (1930)
Good quality Oban size woodblock.
Image dimensions 24.4cm (W) x 34.5cm (H).
Titled and dated Showa 5 (1930) in kanji in the lower left hand margin.
The print bears the artist's signature and red sui seal in the lower left of the image.
The lower right margin bears the Watanabe "C" seal applied to prints published between 1929 and 1942, and is consistent with this print being a First Edition.
The print has full margins. The upper verso margin has two paper remnants from where the print has been tipped to card.
Slight toning to the overall image, with whites somewhat yellowed.
11mm vertical tear in the bottom margin of the print 7cm from the right hand edge of the print. Can be easily repaired, and is scarcely visible even now.
Very slight foxing visible at the bottom right corner margin ONLY - see image of Watanabe seal. No foxing visible in the image itself.
No folds or creases in the washi.
Very good image, even with the toning. Good registration of colours and bleed through of pigment to the verso.
Embossing of the paper gives an extra dimension to the foliage of the trees.
An interesting print, worthy of your consideration.
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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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