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| Artist: | Oda Kazuma (1882-1956) — 織田一麿 |
| Title: | The Great Bridge at Matsue |
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| Date of first edition?: | Not set |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Not Set |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Not Set |
| Medium (first edition): | Watercolour |
| Medium (this edition): | Watercolour |
| Format (first edition): | Aiban
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| Format (this edition): | Aiban |
| DB artwork code: | 36590 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
This is a very unusual painting. It is a vintage watercolor (not a print) of a winter scene on a bridge in Japan, with ladies running through the snow with umbrellas, and it is signed "FRITZ." I don't know who Fritz is, but the painting is typical Japanese style. It is in excellent condition. Beautiful colors are crisp and clean. It is framed in a simple wood frame behind matt. Maybe there is more information under the matt, but I haven't opened it. Sight size of painting: approx: 6" X 8". Overall frame size: 10 3/4" X 13 1/2". Back has never been removed. |
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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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