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| Artist: | Kotozuka Eiichi (1906-) — 琴塚英一 |
| Title: | Bamboo trees with a crescent moon |
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| Date of first edition?: | Not set |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Not Set |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Not Set |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Large Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Large Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 32487 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Fine example of Eiichi Kotozuka's work, considered to be a treasure of 20th century Japanese art, in woodblock, of a pair of mature bamboo trees with a crescent moon background, in tones of blue and grey. Sealed- in black with artist seal Image size- large oban tate-e Condition- excellent, no toning, full margins, mounted
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| Artist Bio: |
KOTOZUKA, EIICHI was born in Osaka in 1906. He studied at the Kyoto Specialist School of Painting and in the late 1940s was one of the four artists who founded a co-operative publishing company called Koryokusha in an effort to gain an artistic expression free of the major houses. Tokuriki, Tobei and Tasaburo were the other three involved. He has created quite a number of woodblocks covering unique scenes of Japanese tradition, flowers, landscapes and wildlife. He was a member of the Seiryusha Group of Liberal Artists and Died in 1979.
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