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| Artist: | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水 |
| Title: | Starlit Night - Miyajima Shrine — 星月夜（宮島） |
| Series: | Souvenirs of My Travels - 3rd series — 旅みやげ第三集 |
| Date of first edition?: | 1928 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Watanabe Shozaburo — 渡辺 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Watanabe Shozaburo — 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: | 43304 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Artist Hasui
Series Souvenirs of Travel - 3rd series
Title Beautiful moonlit night & stars - Miyajima
Date Of Work 1928
Publisher Watanabe
Dimensions 15.25 x 10.25
Reference No Hotei #140 |
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| Notes (this edition)?: |
| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Measures 15.0" (39.0 cm) long x 10.25" (26.7 cm) wide. Print is titled, Starlit Night, Miyajima and was originally printed in 1928 by artist Kawase Hasui (1883-1957). This print has the Watanabe 'D' publishing seal. Earliest prints have the Watanabe 'C' (sausage) seal, but this print was published in the 1930 and likely close to the first printing.
Castle Fine Arts is offering this print with the 'C' seal for $3,100.
http://www.castlefinearts.com/search_results_detail.php?searchByArtist=3&searchArchives=&pageno=54&pn=6&rpp=9
Excellent condition - strong colors and impression, no creases, damage, or repairs. Pin hole in top left margin and a few spots were the rice glue used to mount the print to the folio still remain. |
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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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