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| Artist: | Nouet Noel (1885-1969) |
| Title: | Kabuki-za (theatre in Tokyo) — 歌舞伎座 |
| Series: | Scenes of Tokyo Views |
| Date of first edition?: | 1936 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Not Set |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Not Set |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Not Set
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| Format (this edition): | Not Set |
| DB artwork code: | 37543 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Tuesday, 12 April 2005
Estate sale purchase 15.5" by 10.5" woodblock print, signed Noel Nouet Tokyo 1936, the signature may be part of the ink from the woodblock process or it may be signed in ink? There is writing in Japanese along the edge, the left side corners of the print have a touch of glue to hold the print in place, the backside shows bleedthrough and the paper frame shows signs of browning.
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| Artist Bio: |
NOEL NOUET was a French artist who designed prints of Tokyo land-and-citiscapes. Little is known about Nouet's formative years. During the 1930's and 40's, he worked as the director of La Maison Franco-Japonaise and was a lecturer at Tokyo University. In 1935, Nouet began collaborating with the Tokyo publisher Doi Teiichi. His first woodblock prints were monochrome, based on his pen and ink sketches. These prints include "Gate of Zozoji Temple" and "Kikyo Gate of the Emperor's Palace". In 1936, Doi and Nouet produced a series of color woodblock prints called "Ten Views of Tokyo". All of these prints are signed and dated in English within the image. In 1946, Nouet published a book of his drawings called Tokyo: Fifty Sketches. He also wrote several books on Japanese history.
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