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| Artist: | Nouet Noel (1885-1969) |
| Title: | Kagurazaka at Ushigome |
| Series: | Scenes of Tokyo Views |
| Date of first edition?: | 1937 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Doi — 土井 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Doi — 土井 |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Not Set |
| DB artwork code: | 37545 |
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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
Artist Noel Nouet (1885-1969)
(Active 1935-37, left Japan 1962)
Title "Kagurazaka at Ushigomei"
("Katurazaka")
Date 1937 (early printing by Yokoi, likely 1956-62)
Series "Scenes of Tokyo Views"
("Tokyo fukkei zen nijuyon mai")
(Learn more: ("The Woodblock Prints of Noel Nouet").
Publisher Doi Hangaten (with Doi "watermark" upper left)
Carver/Printer Harada/Yokoi
Image Size 9 3/8 x 14 1/4
Impression Fine. Superbly executed "bokashi" shading; very finely carved details, crisp key-lines.
Condition Excellent. Strong colors; clean backside. (No flaws noted--pristine.)
Reference/Illus na
Comments A very "atmospheric" print, achieved by the skillful depiction of night lights. This Noute image pre-dates the well-known, nearly similar 1939 Koitsu image. It is believed that the extremely fine lines seen in the "key-blocks" of Noute's prints may have, in fact, been produced using zinc plates. (Learn more.)
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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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