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| Artist: | Choka (Chopewa?) — 朝花 |
| Title: | Asakusa Temple |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1930 (in the decade of) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Takemura — 竹村 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Takemura — 竹村 |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Mitsugiri
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| Format (this edition): | Mitsugiri |
| DB artwork code: | 32418 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
| No, this is not by the artist Asano Takeji. The red "Take" seal is of the publihser Takemura, not of the artist. |
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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:
Saturday, 9 July 2005
An very nice colour woodcut of figures in the rain. On the reverse of the backing board in pencil it is inscribed "Oshiro/Ojiro - Shiro Kasamatsu. I don't know who the artist is, but I am sure it is Shin Hanga period and I have taken a close-up of the seal.
Overall time stained, most evident in the margins (see photos). The print is unframed and hinged at the top corners onto old straw board. Good strong colour.
Size: 15 x 6.5 inches (image)
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| Artist Bio: |
Published via Takemura Hideo in the 1930s. We originally read the signature scrawl as 彰世 (Akiyo) but a recently discovered print has an artist seal that clearly reads 朝花 (Choka) - see item 47147 in the database.
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