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| Artist: | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水 |
| Title: | Morning at Nijubashi Bridge |
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| 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: | 41073 |
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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, 8 December 2007
Title Morning at Nijubashi Bridge
Artist Hasui Kawase 1883-1957
Signature 'Hasui'.
Seal Artist's seal.
Dated 1930.
Publisher Watanabe.
Medium/Technique Woodblock print.
Impression Excellent - very good … Later printing after W.W.II.
Colors Excellent - very good.
Condition Very good … Two drying holes on the left margin. The lower right area lightly creased. Discolorations along the left and the bottom margin edges, margins slightly wavy.
Description "Nijubashi no Asa" (Morning at Niju-bashi Bridge). This design has two or three different color versions. Nijubashi is the private part of the Imperial Palace. It is only accessible by passing the bridge and generally inaccessible for ordinary people, except on the New Year's Eve and the emperor's birthday.
Note Watanabe's 6mm round copyright seal.
Format Oban tate-e
Width Item 10.2 inches = 26.0 cm
Height Item 15.4 inches = 39.0 cm
Width Image 9.4 inches = 24.0 cm
Height Image 14.4 inches = 36.5 cm
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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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