Dancing Figure (Eshima)- LE
by Kawano Kaoru (1916-1965)

	Artist:	Kawano Kaoru (1916-1965) — 河野薫
	Title:	Dancing Figure (Eshima)- LE
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	Not set
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Self
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Self
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Double Oban
	Format (this edition):	Double Oban
	DB artwork code:	33462
	Notes (first edition)?:
	Notes (this edition)?:	The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies: KAORU KAWANO "DANCING FIGURE (ESHIMA)" original woodblock woodcut print signed by the artist with seal. Image size 14 1/2inches x 23 3/4 inches. Provenance: KYOTO, Japan "Red Latern" Shop purchased 1989. Excellent condition. Very elegeant figure. Beautiful image.The condition is excellent, there are no tears or creases, stains, foxing, matte burn, etc. I can see the following: On the image lower left, an orange seal and below it a signature "Kaoru Kawano" in script. In lower margin from left to right: Two Japanese characters, in block letters DANCING FIGURE (ESHIMA) KAURU KAWANO.The back of the print has in one lower corner a 15 mm diameter circle with two vertical lines followed by what looks like a Y (I I Y)) with a horizontal line across the apex of the Y.
	Artist Bio:	Kaoru Kawano was a very popular artist, known for his distinctively styled depictions of figures, especially children. He uses the woodgrain patterns to render the textures and the mood to his works. Double-oban-sized prints are almost always limited-edition lifetime strikes that are pencil-signed, editioned, and titled by Kawano himself. There are rare later editions that have stencilled titles, which I believe are posthumous strikes. Large-oban-sized scenes with a pencil-signed signature (usually within the printed area) will be lifetime editions signed by the artist, while unsigned prints with a black round seal on the verso will be posthumous strikes.