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Rooster
by Choka (Chopewa?)

	Artist:	Choka (Chopewa?) — 朝花
	Title:	Rooster
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	Not set
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Takemura — 竹村
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Takemura — 竹村
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Postcard
	Format (this edition):	Postcard
	DB artwork code:	38070
	Notes (first edition)?:
	Notes (this edition)?:	The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies: Tuesday, 19 July 2005 Hi Ross, Yes, I had seen the other print as well which is what led me to the Shiro question. I also have some postcard size geese prints and had a long-tailed rooster print as well (until I traded it to Aaron Packman) by Takemura with this same signature. At first I thought they might be Sozan's given the style, but it remains a mystery. Clearly this mystery artist was versatile and talented. Cheers, Fran
	Artist Bio:	Published via Takemura Hideo in the 1930s. We originally read the signature scrawl as 彰世 (Akiyo) but a recently discovered print has an artist seal that clearly reads 朝花 (Choka) - see item 47147 in the database.