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| Artist: | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水 |
| Title: | Santa in Snow |
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| Date of first edition?: | Not set |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Unknown — 不明 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Unknown — 不明 |
| Medium (first edition): | Lithograph |
| Medium (this edition): | Lithograph |
| Format (first edition): | Postcard
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| Format (this edition): | Postcard |
| DB artwork code: | 43312 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
KAWASE HASUI UNICEF CARDS
Artist: Kawase Hasui (1888-1957)
Print: Lithograph reproduction (THIS IS NOT A WOODBLOCK PRINT!)
Title or subject: Santa Claus
Signed/Sealed: Signed and Sealed Hasui
Edition: Un-limited Edition
Image Size: 4 1/4 X 4 3/4 inches
Card Size: 4 1/2 X 7 inches
Comment: This design was an original woodblock print for a front page of a Japanese monthly book (Japan Trade Monthly). The design does not appear in the Hotei Hasui Reference. The Chairman of UNICEF found the design somewhere and asked permission to have it published as a Christmas card for UNICEF. The owner of Watanabe Shozaburo told me that the original woodblocks have been lost and that the print cannot be printed as a woodblock. |
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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:
Condition: Excellent (Mint condition), never framed, printed on the card stock (not tipped), the cards are blank inside. |
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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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