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| Artist: | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水 |
| Title: | Pagoda and Forest Blanketed in Snow |
| Series: | Lantern Shaped Prints |
| Date of first edition?: | Not set |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Watanabe — 渡辺 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Watanabe — 渡辺 |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Koban
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| Format (this edition): | Koban |
| DB artwork code: | 41780 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Monday, 29 December 2008
Pagoda and Forest Blanketed in Snow from the a series of Lantern Shaped prints by Kawase Hasui. Original Japanese woodblock print circa 1930s. Fine condition. Print has not been framed and retains original colors. Red Hasui seal in lower right of image. Print measures 7.7 x 5.2 inches. Good texture and ink bleedthrough on fine wahsi. Compare to HI-3 in Vol. 1 page 152 of the Hotei catalog. |
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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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