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| Artist: | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水 |
| Title: | In the Snow, Nakayama-shichiri Road, Hida |
| Series: | Souvenirs of My Travels - 3rd series — 旅みやげ第三集 |
| Date of first edition?: | 1924 |
| 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: | 33995 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
A GORGEOUS, SIGNED, JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT BY HASUI KAWASE ( 1883 - 1957 ). A master of the woodblock print, he earned the TITLE OF " LIVING NATIONAL TREASURE " in 1956, a year before his death. This wonderful piece is one of master hasui's famous snow scenes. Very strong color and has the AUTHENTICATED BY WATANBE CARTOUCHE AND SEAL ( see photos ). Held on the back board by the two upper corners. Some small creasing on bottom margin edge and some yellowing ( see photos ), overall very good condition and measures 14 1/4 inches by 9 3/8 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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