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| Artist: | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水 |
| Title: | Bijin in an Azalea Garden — つつじ庭にあそぶ美人 |
| Series: | Collection of Views of the Moto-Hakone Minami Mountain villa |
| Date of first edition?: | 1935 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Watanabe Shozaburo — 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: | 37698 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Artist: Kawase Hasui
Title: View of an Azalea Garden from a verandah
Print Type: Original Japanese Woodblock Print
Series Title: Collection of views of the Moto-Hakone Minami mountain villa
Edition No: First and only
Date: 1935
Publisher: S. Watanabe
Reference No: Hotei #365
Size: 10-1/2 x 15-3/4 " |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Thursday, 29 June 2006
A rare Kawase Hasui Woodblock print. This comes from a family who travel and stay in Japan many times during the 1940's. This Woodblock is from a series that the Mitsu-bishi Co commissioned for client gifts, it portrays company founder Iwasaki Yataro's villa and gardens, now a public park. The Woodblock is in very nice condition, no foxing, staining, or tears, colors are bright. It has been stored away for many years. It comes in the original folder . The outside of the folder has a title that says "2. Azaleas of the garden along the lucid Lake Hakone viewed from a bower." There also is the original insert page telling about the "Wonderful Garden" of Hotel De Yama" (see picture) It measures 10 1/2' by 15".
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| Artist Bio: |
川瀬 巴水。1883年（明治16年）5月18日 - 1957年（昭和32年）11月7 日）。大正・昭和期の浮世絵師、版画家。1918年 （大正7年）、風景画家として世に出る。以後、数多くの木版画を発表。 衰退した日本の浮世絵版画を復興すべく吉田博らとともに新しい浮世絵版画の叙情的世界に、自然に肉薄する近代人の視点を導入することにより、独自の世界を展開した。享年74歳。 |
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