Childrens Day — こどもの日記念
by Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

	Artist:	Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水
	Title:	Childrens Day — こどもの日記念
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	1949
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Watanabe — 渡辺
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Watanabe — 渡辺
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Postcard
	Format (this edition):	Postcard
	DB artwork code:	40801
	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: Saturday, 16 August 2008 this auction is for a First Day Cover issued May 5, 1949 in Japan. the stamp is in honor of the first Childrens Day. the Scott catalogue stamp number is 455. inside there are two pieces of paper explaining about the stamps. these papers have discolored the inside and edges of the envelope. maybe there is a way to treat the envelope to remove this, i do not know. please look at the scans.
	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。