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Watching the Goldfish, Imasugata — 金魚の餌
by Yamamoto Shoun (1870-1965) - Shokoku

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	Artist:	Yamamoto Shoun (1870-1965) - Shokoku — 山本昇雲 (松谷)
	Title:	Watching the Goldfish, Imasugata — 金魚の餌
	Series:	Childrens Games — 子供あそび
	Date of first edition?:	1906
	Date of this artwork?:	c1906 (may not be accurate)
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Daikokuya (Matsuki Heikichi) — 大黒屋
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Daikokuya (Matsuki Heikichi) — 大黒屋
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Oban
	Format (this edition):	Oban
	DB artwork code:	35246
	Notes (first edition)?:
	Notes (this edition)?:	The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies: Saturday, 30 June 2007 Same as above! Title Gold Fish - Children's Play Artist Shoun Yamamoto 1870-1965 Signature Shoun Dated 1906 Publisher Daikokuya Medium/Technique Woodblock print Impression excellent … lightly embossed Colors excellent - very good … silver colored metallic pigment Condition very good … paper toning, margins slightly soiled. Description "Kodomo Asobi" (Children's Play). Feeding gold fish. Width Item 14.6 inches = 37.0 cm Height Item 9.8 inches = 25.0 cm
	Artist Bio:	Used the psudonym Shokoku (松谷) in his early career. 明治3年（1870年）高知県に生まれる。絵を山内家のお抱え絵師で狩野洞白の門人柳本圭吾に学び、更に狩野永岳の門人河田小龍に師事し、上京後、図案、染物の原図などを手がけ絵師として立った。明治27年東洋堂より刊行された「風俗画報」の挿絵を担当したのを皮切りに「新撰東京名所図會」と言うシリーズ312図を発表し、こうした雑誌挿絵を主要な活躍舞台としたのであった。 昇雲は維新以降の目まぐるしく変化する文化風俗に着手し、風俗記録画ともいうべき新しいジャンルを確立した。 　昭和40年（1965）没