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| Artist: | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水 |
| Title: | Ogi Harbor, Sado Island |
| Series: | Souvenirs of My Travels - 2nd series — 旅みやげ第二集 |
| Date of first edition?: | 1921 |
| 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: | 42025 |
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The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Thursday, 2 July 2009
Catalog ID: 7790 Artist: Kawase Hasui Title: The Port of Ogi, Sado (Island) Print Type: Original Japanese Woodblock Print Edition No: First and only Date: 1921 - Pre earthquake Publisher: S. Watanabe Reference No: Hotei #67 Size: 15-3/8 x 10-1/4 " Condition: Very fine, with strong colors. Strong woodgrain in sky and baren swirls. Notes: In the foreground, a woman is doing her laundry; in the background a ship sets sail from the Port
Narazaki points out the strong lines employed for the rocks in this work to be of particular interest.
Sado Island is in Niigata Prefecture.
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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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