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| Artist: | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水 |
| Title: | Snow on the Arakawa River — Arakawa no Yuki |
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| Date of first edition?: | Not set |
| 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): | Postcard
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| Format (this edition): | Postcard |
| DB artwork code: | 33988 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Title Arakawa River (small size)
Artist Hasui Kawase 1883-1957
Seal artist's seal (hasui)
Dated ca. 1930s
Technique/Medium Woodblock print .
Width 4.1 inches = 10.5 cm
Height 6.3 inches = 16.0 cm
Literature Brown, Kendall; Amy Reigle Newland, "Kawase Hasui; The Complete Woodblock Prints", Amsterdam, Hotei Publishing, KIT Publishers, 2003, ISBN: 9074822460, - pg.142, hp39 |
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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:
Arakawa no Yuki (Snow on the Arakawa River) by Kawase Hasui. Original woodblock print circa 1930s. Very good condition. Never been framed. Strong ink bleedthrough. Red Hasui seal in lower right of image. 6.5 x 4.3 inches.
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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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