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| Artist: | Iwata Sentaro (1901-1974) — 岩田専太郎 |
| Title: | Cool Breeze — 涼 |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1975 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Watanabe — 渡辺 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Watanabe — 渡辺 |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Large Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Large Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 37852 |
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涼 岩田専太郎
From a series of six prints, two each published by Watanabe, Kato, and Adachi, in a limited edition of 480 pints each. |
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| Notes (this edition)?: |
The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Monday, 13 June 2005
You are bidding on an original Japanese woodblock print “Bijin and Fan” from the Taisho/Showa woodblock prints master Iwata Sentaro.
The whole set of Iwata Sentaro’s work was bought at a Mitsukoshi Department store in Japan in the 70’s; even then, it was highly valuable. The size of this woodblock print is 16 ½ inches x 12 inches. The artist’s chop mark is at the lower left corner of the woodblock print. The colors, which are vivid and vibrant, are in layers. All four borders are intact. This woodblock print is attached to an original backing folder sized 20 ½ x 14 ½ inches only at the right edge of the woodblock print and strong ink bleeding can be seen through the back of print. This woodblock print has been preserved carefully in my family during the past years. As far as I can tell there are no defects, foxing, or stains, this woodblock print is in excellent condition.
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| Artist Bio: |
岩田専太郎 いわた-せんたろう
1901-1974 大正-昭和時代の挿絵画家。
明治34年6月8日生まれ。伊東深水にまなび、20歳のとき博文館の「講談雑誌」に挿絵をかく。
大正15年から「大阪毎日新聞」連載の吉川英治「鳴門秘帖(なるとひちょう)」の挿絵が評判をよび、
モダン浮世絵とよばれる美人画はその後幅ひろい支持をえた。
挿絵はほかに大仏(おさらぎ)次郎「赤穂(あこう)浪士」、川口松太郎「蛇姫様」などがある。
昭和49年2月19日死去。72歳。東京出身。
画集に「三百年のおんな」、随筆に「女・おんな・女」「わが半生記」など。 |
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