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| Artist: | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水 |
| Title: | A Fine Winter's Sky, Miyajima |
| Series: | Souvenirs of My Travels - 2nd series — 旅みやげ第二集 |
| Date of first edition?: | 1921 |
| 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: | 43532 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Artist Kawase Hasui (1883 -1957)
Series Souvenirs of Travel - 2rd series
Title Snow on a clear day at Miyajima
Date Of Work 1921
Publisher Watanabe
Dimensions 15.375 x 10.5
Notes: One of the rarest and best of Hasui's pre-earthquake snow scenes.
In faded examples the yellow hues in the clouds will be reduced to non-existent.
Reference/Illus Narazaki #57; Hotei #57.
Comments A dramatic wintertime image--one of Hasui's dramatic pre-earthquake designs. Extremely rare 1921 image, as woodblocks were destroyed in 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. |
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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:
Title "A Fine Winter's Day, Miyajima"
("Seiten no Miyajima")
Date February 1921.
PRE-earthquake (1923 blocks destroyed), extremely rare.
Provenance Private placement. Consigned by a USA collector/dealer.
Series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series"
("Tabi Miyage dai Nishu")
Publisher Watanabe Shozaburo
Seal, Carver/Printer Watanabe "1-seal"
(or "A-seal" by Hotei)
Image Size 9 1/4 x 14 1/2
Impression Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading; life-like reflections; crisp key-lines.
Condition Excellent. Strong, deep colors. Clean front and verso. (No flaws noted.)
Reference/Illus Narazaki #57; Hotei #57.
Comments A dramatic wintertime image--one of Hasui's dramatic pre-earthquake designs. Extremely rare 1921 image, as woodblocks were destroyed in 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. |
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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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