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| Artist: | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水 |
| Title: | Miyajima Shrine in the Snow |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1935 |
| 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: | 44621 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
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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:
Really rare original poster for the Japanese Railway with a woodblockprint of Hasui Kawase
Condition C: Designates a poster in fair condition and moderate fading or staining may be seen. Restoration and folds may be quite pronounced, there may be some flaking of paper or minor paper loss.
On the back it has got some restauration tape, because of the print in the front. It has got two minor cracks by the bottom and overall some wrinkles.
Tekst on poster:
Upper left: Japan
Under left: Japanese Railway Government
Under right: Printed in Japan (no date)
Width poster: 21 inch
Length poster: 30 inch
Tekst on print:
" The Miyajima Shrine in Snow."
Date first edition print: 1935
Artist-Kawase Hasui.
Wood-cut Printing by S Watanabe, in Tokyo.
Width print: 10 inch
Length print: 15 inch
De print of Hasui Kawase was glued on de poster, so not printed on the same paper. |
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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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