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| Artist: | Nouet Noel (1885-1969) |
| Title: | Ikegamihonmonji Temple — 池上本門寺 |
| Series: | Scenes of Tokyo Views |
| Date of first edition?: | 1937 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Doi Sadaichi — 土井貞一 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Doi Sadaichi — 土井貞一 |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 40421 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
ノエル・ヌエット 「池上本門寺」 木版画
【サイン】版サイン
【画面サイズ】36㎝×24㎝ |
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| Notes (this edition)?: |
| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Wednesday, 21 March 2007
VINTAGE WOODCUT OF TOKYO JAPAN
BY NOEL NOUET - FRENCH ARTIST
Wonderful vintage woodcut of 1937 Tokyo Japan, I believe from my research this is number 12 of a series on Tokyo and is entitled Ikegami Honmonji and was produced before the war.
The print measures 15 1/2" x 10 1/4" including the margins and is nice condition without tears or stains. |
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| Artist Bio: |
NOEL NOUET was a French artist who designed prints of Tokyo land-and-citiscapes. Little is known about Nouet's formative years. During the 1930's and 40's, he worked as the director of La Maison Franco-Japonaise and was a lecturer at Tokyo University. In 1935, Nouet began collaborating with the Tokyo publisher Doi Teiichi. His first woodblock prints were monochrome, based on his pen and ink sketches. These prints include "Gate of Zozoji Temple" and "Kikyo Gate of the Emperor's Palace". In 1936, Doi and Nouet produced a series of color woodblock prints called "Ten Views of Tokyo". All of these prints are signed and dated in English within the image. In 1946, Nouet published a book of his drawings called Tokyo: Fifty Sketches. He also wrote several books on Japanese history.
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