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| Artist: | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水 |
| Title: | Mt Fuji seen from Satta Pass — さった峠の富士 |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1935/4 |
| Date of this artwork?: | <1957 (may not be accurate) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Watanabe Shozaburo — 渡辺 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Watanabe — 渡辺 |
| 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: | 33475 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Title Mt. Fuji from Satta Pass
provenance: Robert O. Muller estate
Artist Hasui Kawase 1883-1957
Description "Satta Toge no Fuji". Mt. Fuji is seen from Satta Pass.
Signature "Hasui".
Seal Artist's seal ("Sui").
Dated 1935.
Publisher Watanabe.
Medium/Technique Woodblock print.
Note Watanabe copyright seal for 1931-41. Sometimes has "Made in Japan" stamped on the back.
Width Item 15.9 inches = 40.5 cm
Height Item 12.2 inches = 31.0 cm
Literature Brown, Kendall; Amy Reigle Newland, "Kawase Hasui; The Complete Woodblock Prints", Amsterdam, Hotei Publishing, KIT Publishers, 2003, ISBN: 9074822460, - Pg. 472, Pl. 356. |
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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:
Title Mt. Fuji from Satta Pass
Artist Hasui Kawase 1883-1957
Signature Hasui
Seal sui
Dated 1935
Period Shin hanga
Publisher Watanabe
Impression excellent ... (later printing) clouds embossed, printed on a soft very thick pliable Japanese paper
Colors excellent ... Red glow on Mt. Fuji is much brighter on the actual print than the one on the image shown.
Condition excellent ... slight toning
Rating 1 = excellent
Description "Satta Toge no Fuji". Mt. Fuji is seen from Satta Pass. This impression looks exactly the same as the one with earlier Watanabe seal (1929 -42).
Note Watanabe round 6 mm seal
Format Oban yoko-e
Width 16.1 inches = 40.8 cm
Height 12.3 inches = 31.2 cm
Literature Uhlenbeck, Chris & Merel Molenaar, "Mount Fuji; Sacred Mountain of Japan" , Leiden; Hotei Publishing, 2000, ISBN 90-74822-32-0, - Pg. 121, Pl. 125
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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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