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| Artist: | Kotozuka Eiichi (1906-) — 琴塚英一 |
| Title: | The Avenue of Ceder Trees in Summer - Nikko — 日光杉並木夏雨 |
| Series: | 4 Seasons of Nikko |
| Date of first edition?: | 1928/4 |
| Date of this artwork?: | 1928 April (may not be accurate) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Uchida — 内田 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Uchida — 内田 |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Chuban
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| Format (this edition): | Chuban |
| DB artwork code: | 43600 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
This appears to be the first edition!
Description:
Original Vintage Woodblock Print Japanese Walking On A Forest Road In The Rain
This is an original Japanese woodblock print of people walking on a road lined by tall forest trees in the rain. Please see photos for details.
Measures 11" x 8 1/4"
Print area measures 10 1/8" x 7.5" |
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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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