The Kyonghoiru Pavilion, Seoul — 京城　慶会楼
by Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

	Artist:	Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水
	Title:	The Kyonghoiru Pavilion, Seoul — 京城　慶会楼
	Series:	8 Views of Korea — 朝鮮八景
	Date of first edition?:	1939
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Kansai Bijutsusha — 関西美術社
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Kansai Bijutsusha — 関西美術社
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Large Oban
	Format (this edition):	Oban
	DB artwork code:	42039
	Notes (first edition)?:	「朝鮮八景」より　京城　慶会楼 昭和14年 木版(多色)・紙・1 39.8×27.2
	Notes (this edition)?:	The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies: Saturday, 18 July 2009 商品名■古い木版画③　川瀬巴水　【京城 慶会楼】■ ★　商品詳細　★ ○古い版画ですので、多少、汚れ、ヤケがあります。 ○作者について詳しいことはわかりませんので、画像にてご判断頂ける方、宜しくい願いします。 ○神経質な方は、ご遠慮ください。 ○紙の大きさ・・・42.8X29.5ｃｍ　　絵の大きさ・・・39.8X27.3cm Note: Kawase Hasui travelled for Korea during June 1 through July 4, 1939 together with Yamakawa Shuhou （山川秀峰）by Korean Railway Bureau's invitation. Just after his travel, Hasui started to make his woodblock prints of "Korean Eight Views Series" under the copy right of Osaka Kansai Bijutsusha （大阪関西美術社）which founder was Naitou Seifuu(内藤清風）, Actually speaking, those woodblock prints were carved and printed by Watanabe Shozaburo's workshop. And al woodblocks and those copy rights were transferred to Watanabe Shozaburo on April 15, 1940 for 440 yen. In May 1940, they held an exhibition of Hasui prints in Seoul where Hasui himself attended. As far as I remember, several prints of Korean Views series held both Watanabe Shozaburo's publisher seal and Osaka Kansai Bijutsusha 's publisher seal, which suggested that unsold prints were transferred to Watanabe. From my personal standpoints, those prints quality seemed to be normal and less attractive. Regards, Tosh
	Series Information:	These prints resulted from a trip Hasui made to Korea in 1939, together with the artists Ikegami Shuho (1874-1944), Yazawa Genetsu (1886-1952), Nagata Shunsui (1889-1970) and Yamakawa Shuho (1898-1944). The prints were published by Kansai Bijutsusha [関西 美術社] in Osaka headed by Naito Seifu, but produced by Watanabe Shozaburo (1885-1962). The series title does not appear on the prints.
	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。