Blizzard
by Iwata Sentaro (1901-1974)

	Artist:	Iwata Sentaro (1901-1974) — 岩田専太郎
	Title:	Blizzard
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	Not set
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Yuyudo — 悠々洞出
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Yuyudo — 悠々洞出
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Double Oban
	Format (this edition):	Double Oban
	DB artwork code:	38594
	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: Monday, 31 October 2005 You are bidding on a very large unique original Japanese woodblock print “Blizzard” signed by the famous Showa/Taisho Shin-Hanga artist Iwata Sentaro (1901-1974) published by YoYoDo printmaker with COA (certificate of authenticity) posted on the back of the frame. This is an original woodblock print. The size of this woodblock print is 20 3/4 inch x 15 1/2 inches, much larger than the ordinary Japanese woodblock prints. The artist’s signature and the artist’s stamp are close to the upper right corner of the woodblock print. The publisher YoYoDo’s mark is in the lower right border of this woodblock print. There is another artist’s red chop stamp in the right bottom border as you can see from the picture. All four borders are intact. In the right edge of the bottom border, there is a “238/450” WRITTEN IN ORIGINAL PENCIL, which means this is the 238th print out of all total 450 woodblock prints. In the lower left border, there are the famous carver Maeda Kentaro’s seal and printer Ito’s seal. This woodblock print is not attached to any backing paper or cardboard and strong ink bleeding can be seen through the back of the original Japanese Washi paper. As far as I can tell, there are no defects, foxing, or stains, this woodblock is in excellent condition. The four corners of this woodblock print are inserted into the four triangle pockets attached to the front mat so that the print can be freely taken out of the mat and frame. This woodblock print is stored in a very solid, sturdy, and heavy original Japanese wood frame sized 22 ½ x 27 inches as you can see from the picture. In the back of the frame, the publisher’s COA in Japanese is posted on the back of the frame, which describes the publisher’s name, address, the name of this woodblock print “Blizzard”, carver and printer’s names, and this is the number 238 out of 450 in total.
	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。