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| Artist: | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水 |
| Title: | Moonlight at Seichoen Garden |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1938 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Watanabe Shozaburo — 渡辺 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Watanabe Shozaburo — 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: | 32880 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
THIS IS AN ORIGINAL JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT - NOT A REPRODUCTION OF A WOODBLOCK PRINT. IT IS TITLED "MOON AT SEICHEN GARDENS" AND IS BY THE LEGENDARY WOODBLOCK ARTIST KAWASE HASUI. THE ORIGINAL PRINT WAS MADE IN 1938 BUT I BELIEVE THIS IS FROM A LATER PRINTING JUDGING BY THE WATANABE MARK IN THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER. AT FIRST LOOK THIS PRINT SEEMS TO BE A MONCHROME BUT IN FACT THERE IS QUITW A TONAL RANGE. THIS PRINT IS EXACTLY AS IT SHOULD BE - IT IS NOT FADED AT ALL. TO ACHIEVE THE SHADING EFFECTS REQUIRED EXTREME PRINTING EXPERTISE. AS IS COMMON WITH JAPANESE PRINTS, THE TITLE IS NOT NECESSARILY THE MAIN OBJECT. HERE THE MOON IS NOT SHOWN AT ALL, JUST MOONLIGHT. THE IMAGE SIZE IS 9 1/2" x 14 1/4". THE PAPER SIZE IS 10 1/4" x 15 1/4". THE PRINT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.
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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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