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| Artist: | Narazaki Eisho (Fuyo, Kyokudo, Shinjo) — 楢崎栄昭、扶陽、新城 |
| Title: | Owl and Cherry |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1930 (circa) |
| Date of this artwork?: | c1930 (may not be accurate) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Not Set |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Not Set |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Not Set
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| Format (this edition): | Not Set |
| DB artwork code: | 41672 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Tuesday, 4 November 2008
Four Japanese woodblock prints: Toshi Yoshida (1911-1995), "Sangetsu-an, Hakone Museum", 10-1/4 x 8 in. in wood frame; Eisho Narazaki (1864-1936), owl perched on prunus, 15-1/8 x 6-3/4 in., [2-3/4 in. crease bottom edge, 9 in. crease left side, verso stamped "No. 464";] two prints by Koitsu Tsuchiya (1870-1949): "Sunset at Tomonotsu", 15-1/4 x 10-1/4 in., [glued at left margin to paper mat]; "Miyajima in Snow", 10-1/2 x 15-1/2 in., [top corners with old glue residue.] All with toning and foxing. Provenance: The Estate of the Late Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman |
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| Artist Bio: |
We can confirm that his works were published via Watanabe and that he first used the pseudonym Fuyo from around 1916 to 1932, after which he used Eisho:
LINK to scan of catalogue
However, according to Merritt (and likely sourced from the ukiyo-e scholar Fujikake Shizuya, 1938), Narazaki Eisho used the art names Fuyo from 1916-1922, and Eisho from 1922-1936.
Note that all of the mitsugiri prints that I have seen are signed "Fuyo" 扶陽, not Eisho, so I suspect the mitsugiri prints are his oldest works (and indeed they do look older than his oban-sized print).
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