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| Artist: | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水 |
| Title: | Women strolling in a Azalea Garden |
| Series: | Collection of Views of the Moto-Hakone Minami Mountain villa |
| Date of first edition?: | 1935 |
| 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: | 40058 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Saturday, 28 May 2011
Catalog ID 8342
Artist Kawase Hasui
Title Two Young Women Strolling in an Azalea Garden (Mt. Fuji in the distance)
Medium
Series Title
Edition First and only
Date 1935
Publisher
Reference No Hotei # 367
Size 15 -3/4 x 10 -1/2 "
Condition Very fine, apart from light toning from its original folder.
Notes: SOLD AS A COMPLETE SET OF SIX PRINTS, INCLUDING THE ORIGINAL PORTFOLIO.
This set of six prints was commissioned by the Iwasaki family and published by Watanabe Shozaburo in 1935. The title of the series is blind-stamped embossed in the bottom margin of each print (not noted in Hotei). The villa was converted into the Hotel de Yama before WWII, and the six prints were sold in a portfolio to its foreign clientele. Prints from this series are seldom offered and complete sets in very fine, matched condition are SCARCE. (See items #8341 -#8346 for images of each print in the series.) |
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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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