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Moonlight Night

Moonlight Night
by Kawano Kaoru (1916-1965)

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Artist: Kawano Kaoru (1916-1965) 河野薫
Title: Moonlight Night
Series: 
Date of first edition?circa 1960-1965
Publisher (first edition)?Self
Publisher (this edition)?Not Set
Medium (first edition): Woodblock
Medium (this edition): Woodblock
Format (first edition): Large Oban
Format (this edition): Not Set
DB artwork code: 31450
Notes (first edition)?
There is also a double-oban sized version of this scene.
Notes (this edition)?
The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:

This is a very nice, vintage Japanese Woodblock print depicting an owl. Nice contrast with black, white, yellow and grey! The woodblock is double signed....once in the print and also in pencil by the artist, Kaoru Kawano. He is a listed artist who was born in 1916. Professionally framed and measures about 13.5 by 18.5 inches.

Artist Bio: 
Kaoru Kawano was a very popular artist for his distinctively styled depictions of figures, especially children. He uses the wood grain patterns to lender the textures and the mood to the works.

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