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Mt Arashi in Rain
by Kotozuka Eiichi (1906-)

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	Artist:	Kotozuka Eiichi (1906-) — 琴塚英一
	Title:	Mt Arashi in Rain
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	Not set
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Self
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Self
	Medium (first edition):	Watercolour
	Medium (this edition):	Watercolour
	Format (first edition):	Large Oban
	Format (this edition):	Large Oban
	DB artwork code:	43007
	Notes (first edition)?:
	Notes (this edition)?:	The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies: Monday, 23 May 2011 Title Mt. Arashi in Rain provenance: Uchida Family Archives Artist Eiichi Kotozuka 1906-1979 Seal Artist's seal. Dated Ca. 1930 - 40s. Medium/Technique Watercolors and sumi on silk. Colors Very good. Condition Very good ... Light toning. Light foxing. The top edge is pasted on the presentation folder. Description A fine atomospheric watercolor painting on silk. Mt Arashi in a rainy day in June. The title, the artist's seal and Uchida seal were written by the artist. On the bottom of the print, the Japanese word for "June" is written. This design was later published as a woodblock print. It has been kept in the famous publisher in Kyoto, The Uchida, archives. The example of the final printing version can be seen in the artelino archive, no. 33310. Note Uchida Han is an important Japanese publishing company with branches in both Tokyo and Kyoto. Founded in 1919, the company is still in existence today as an active publisher of shin-hanga in addition to publishing re-strikes of Edo period ukiyo-e prints. Uchida family has been a major force in introducing and promoting mainly major Kyoto school shin hanga artist such as Tokuriki Tomikichiro, Asada Benji, Ito Nisaburo, Hasegawa Konobu (Sadanobu), Eiichi Kotozuka and many others. The Kyoto Shin Hanga School probably offers the best value for money when purchasing shin hanga prints. Width Item 11.2 inches = 28.5 cm Height Item 16.5 inches = 41.8 cm Width Mat 11.8 inches = 30.0 cm Height Mat 17.9 inches = 45.5 cm
	Artist Bio:	KOTOZUKA, EIICHI was born in Osaka in 1906. He studied at the Kyoto Specialist School of Painting and in the late 1940s was one of the four artists who founded a co-operative publishing company called Koryokusha in an effort to gain an artistic expression free of the major houses. Tokuriki, Tobei and Tasaburo were the other three involved. He has created quite a number of woodblocks covering unique scenes of Japanese tradition, flowers, landscapes and wildlife. He was a member of the Seiryusha Group of Liberal Artists and Died in 1979.