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| Artist: | Kotozuka Eiichi (1906-) — 琴塚英一 |
| Title: | Kiyomizu-Dera Temple |
| Series: | 12 Woodblock Prints of Kansai Area — 京阪神奈良風物版画集 |
| Date of first edition?: | 1950 (in the decade of) |
| Date of this artwork?: | 1950s (may not be accurate) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Self |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Self |
| Medium (first edition): | Watercolour |
| Medium (this edition): | Watercolour |
| Format (first edition): | Postcard
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| Format (this edition): | Postcard |
| DB artwork code: | 43430 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Original "shita-e" for one of the scenes from this woodblock print series.
Title Kiyomizu Temple in Spring - Watercolor on silk
provenance: Uchida Family Archives:
Artist Eiichi Kotozuka 1906-1979
Seal Artist's seal (koto).
Publisher Uchida.
Medium/Technique Watercolors and sumi on silk.
Impression Hand painted watercolor on silk.
Colors Very good.
Condition Very good … Lightly toned. Slight foxing. The top edge is pasted on a mat.
Description A watercolor painting on silk. Kiyomizu Temple surrounded by blooming cherry trees in the spring.
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.
Width Item 6.5 inches = 16.5 cm
Height Item 4.3 inches = 11.0 cm
Width Mat 8.7 inches = 22.0 cm
Height Mat 6.3 inches = 16.0 cm |
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| 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.
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