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| Artist: | Oda Kazuma (1882-1956) — 織田一麿 |
| Title: | Peonies — 芍薬 |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1924 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Watanabe — 渡辺 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Watanabe — 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: | 34833 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Offered for sale is a wonderful and rare Japanese woodblock print by Oda Kazuma (1882-1956), titled Peonies, 1924. This print is illustrated at pl. 170 of the Toledo Musuem of Art Catalog issued in connection with its Special Exhibition of Japanese Prints.
This print is has wonderfully fresh colors and is in excellent condition. There is a Watanabe Color Print Co. publisher's seal in the right margin. The image measures approximately 9 1/4 x 14 1/4 , plus full margins.
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| Artist Bio: |
ODA KAZUMA
Many artists of the first half of the 20th century drifted back and forth between the two poles of sôsaku-hanga and shin-hanga. Oda Kazuma was an artist who was able to produce notable works by both means; that is, with a publisher or independently. Born in Tokyo, he studied Western-style painting with Kawamura Kiyoo (1899-1934) and lithography with Kaneko Masajirô. Kazuma worked primarily as a lithographer, but he was also an ukiyo-e enthusiast, publishing two books on the subject. He was a contributor to Hôsun ca. 1909-11, an art magazine co-founded by Ishii Hakutei (1882-1958); a founding member (and only lithographer) of Nihon Sôsaku-Hanga Kyôkai (Creative Print Society) in 1918; Yôfû Hangakai (Western Style Print Society) in 1930; and Nihon Hanga Kyôkai (Japan Print Association) in 1931. And yet, with all his sôsaku-hanga associations, in the 1920's he designed six shin-hanga type woodblock prints published by Watanabe. This print is an example of his self-carved and self-printed works. -- Scholten Gallery
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