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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: | 34834 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Title Peonies
Artist Kazuma Oda 1881-1956 - click for artist
Signature Kazuma hitsu
Seal artist's seal
Dated 1924
Publisher Watanabe
Impression excellent - very good ... (printed before W.W.II), embossed
Colors excellent
Condition excellent
Rating 1 = excellent
Description Red and white peonies.
Note Watanabe copyright seal (1927 - 32), "Made in Japan" stamped verso
Format Oban yoko-e
Width 15.4 inches = 39.0 cm
Height 10.2 inches = 26.0 cm
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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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