Woman in snow by the river
by Shotei Takahashi (1871-1945) Hiroaki

	Artist:	Shotei Takahashi (1871-1945) Hiroaki — 松亭高橋、弘明
	Title:	Woman in snow by the river
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	1930 (in the decade of)
	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):	Half Postcard
	Format (this edition):	Half Postcard
	DB artwork code:	43362
	Notes (first edition)?:	S-15. Woman in snow by the river Publisher: Watanabe Date: <= 1936 Size (H x W) cm: 9.4 x 6.0 1936 Watanabe Cat. No: 383
	Notes (this edition)?:	The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies: 高橋松亭◆無題／木版画 高橋松亭の図録(大田区立郷土博物館)に見当たりませんが、同時に出品している「雪中渡し舟」と同じ体裁で、「松亭」の落款があります。版画の大きさは、９．５×６センチです。和紙の台紙１３．５×９センチに貼られています。台紙は冊子状になっており、クリスマス・ニューイヤーカードの作りになっています。外国人向けに作られたものではないかと思います。(国書刊行会「高橋松亭の世界」の中にそのような記載がありますので想像ですが)。
	Artist Bio:	Takahashi Shotei was born in Tokyo with the given name of Takahashi Katsutaro. At a young age he was trained in Nihon-ga , the traditional Japanese painting style by his uncle Matsumoto Fuko, and beginning around 1907 Shotei started designing for the Watanabe Color Print Company. Shotei was among the first designers to be recruited into Watanabe's stable of artists, which would later expand to include Goyo, Shinsui, Hasui, Kasamatsu, Koson and Koitsu among others. Many Watanabe prints were designed for export, primarily to North America, where the demand for all things Japanese was high in the early 20th century. By 1923 Shotei had produced nearly 500 designs for Watanabe, when Tokyo was hit by the Great Kanto earthquake -- the worst recorded natural catastrophe in the history of Japan. The fires ignited by the earthquake raged for three days, and Watanabe's print shop and all the woodblocks created by Shotei and the other early shin hanga artists, were destroyed. After the earthquake Shotei created another 250 prints mostly depicting scenic Japanese landscapes in the shin hanga style he had helped to define. He continued to work for Watanabe, but also worked with the publishers Fusui Gabo and Shobido Tanaka, where he had more control over the finished print than was possible with Watanabe. Shotei used a variety of names, signatures and seals during his lifetime. From 1907 until 1922 he used the name Shotei, and after 1922 Hiroaki and Komei.