Camellia D
by Kawano Kaoru (1916-1965)

	Artist:	Kawano Kaoru (1916-1965) — 河野薫
	Title:	Camellia D
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	Not set
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Not Set
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Not Set
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Double Oban
	Format (this edition):	Double Oban
	DB artwork code:	39165
	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, 18 April 2006 Dear Mr Walker, I have recenly found your web-site, and am particuloarly interested in your data-base. I have four Kaoru Kawano prints, only one of which is on your data-base - "Face". The other three are: Camillia 2/20 Twilight 26/300 un-named silhouette landscape 41/100 They are all larger than the ones you list, being 25" x 18". They appear to have both pencil signatures and edition numbers on the bottom margin, and also have a black seal on the reverse. They were bought in Japan in the mid-1960s by my late husband, who was working there at the time. I hope you find them of interest. Not being very good with computers, I have failed to send pictures of the prints as an attachment, but can mail you pictures if you are interested. Yours sincerely, Cy Voller (Mrs)
	Artist Bio:	Kaoru Kawano was a very popular artist, known for his distinctively styled depictions of figures, especially children. He uses the woodgrain patterns to render the textures and the mood to his works. Double-oban-sized prints are almost always limited-edition lifetime strikes that are pencil-signed, editioned, and titled by Kawano himself. There are rare later editions that have stencilled titles, which I believe are posthumous strikes. Large-oban-sized scenes with a pencil-signed signature (usually within the printed area) will be lifetime editions signed by the artist, while unsigned prints with a black round seal on the verso will be posthumous strikes.