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| Artist: | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水 |
| Title: | Snow-Storm at Tsukishima |
| Series: | 20 Views of Tokyo |
| Date of first edition?: | 1930 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Watanabe — 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: | 39920 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Monday, 27 November 2006
Snow-Storm at Tsukishima from the series Twenty Views of Tokyo by Kawase Hasui. Original Japanese woodblock print dated Showa 5 (1930). Fine condition. Normal washi tone for this age of print. Oban size print measures 10.5 x 15.2 inches. Good ink bleedthrough on fine washi. English title "Stormy Day at Tsukishima" "Hasui" and "1930" written in pencil in bottom margin. Watanabe C seal in right margin. Limited to 200 impressions according to the 1936 Toledo Museum catalog, 20 woodblocks used with 25 superimposed printings. Probably Hasui's finest snow scene. |
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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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