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Cormorant Fishing on Nagaragawa

Cormorant Fishing on Nagaragawa 鵜飼(長良川)
by Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

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Artist: Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) 川瀬巴水
Title: Cormorant Fishing on Nagaragawa 鵜飼(長良川)
Series: 
Date of first edition?1954
Publisher (first edition)?Watanabe Shozaburo 渡辺
Publisher (this edition)?Watanabe 渡辺
Medium (first edition): Woodblock
Medium (this edition): Woodblock
Format (first edition): Oban
Format (this edition): Oban
DB artwork code: 43346
Notes (first edition)?
Title Cormorant Fishing (commemorative edition)
Artist Hasui Kawase 1883-1957 Biography Short Biography
Signature Hasui
Seal sui
Dated 1954
Publisher Watanabe
Technique/Medium Woodblock print.
Description "U-kai, Nagara-gawa" Fishermen has been using cormorant for fishing on Nagara River since 7th Century. The cormorant swallows small fish, which are attracted by the torch fire. The fisherman tugs the rope attached to the collar on the cormorant to prevent the fish go farther down the cormorant's throat. Later, he makes the bird regurgitates the fish into his basket.
Format Oban yoko-e
Width 15.6 inches = 39.5 cm
Height 10.4 inches = 26.5 cm
Notes (this edition)?
The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:

川瀬巴水 版元 渡辺版 絶版No.28/350 S29 鵜飼 検)
商品(新版画)は昭和29年作のものです。版元は『渡辺規』です。◎彫 平川清藏 摺 堀川昭三郎 です。 画面右下に『ワタナベ』の丸印。裏面に 『発行 毎日新聞社』 と 『絶版印 28/350』 のスタンプが押されています。◎版画サイズ(画面);36.3×24.1cm◎すれ、折れ、焼け等は特にみられません

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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