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| Artist: | Tokuriki Tomikichiro — 徳力富吉郎 |
| Title: | Egg Plant |
| Series: | 50 Kinds of Flowers — もくはん自刻花五十題 |
| Date of first edition?: | 20/01/1935 |
| Date of this artwork?: | 5_/04/1936 (may not be accurate) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Unsodo — 芸艸堂 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Unsodo — 芸艸堂 |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Aiban
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| Format (this edition): | Aiban |
| DB artwork code: | 45369 |
| 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:
From the second edition published in April 1936 (see the publisher notes image). The first edition was published in 1935.
Title : もくはん自刻五十題 Mokuhan Jikoku Gojudai
Author : Tokuriki Tomikichiro, Kamei Tobei, Kotozuka Eiichi
Date: 1936 昭和十一
Size : 43 cm (16.9 inch) x 31.5 cm ( 12.4 inch)
Picture Size : 29.5 cm (11.6 inch) x 22 cm ( 8.7 inch)
Folding case Size : 44 cm (11.6 inch) x 33 cm ( 8.7 inch) x 8cm ( 3.1 inch)
Total weight :6900g
Condition : Antique, There are stains,tears due to aging. Folding case has damages. |
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| Series Information: |
| The first edition of this series of 50 prints appears to have been sold to subscription buyers via periodic sets of five prints (perhaps each month). With the completion of subscription purchases a second edition of all 50 scenes was then published in April 1936. Subscription sales were a very common method of selling large print series. |
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| Artist Bio: |
TOKURIKI TOMIKICHIRO(1902 - 1999) - Tokuriki was born and raised in Kyotoand was influenced by the local art scene from childhood. He stayed in Kyotofor his entire career and was a leader of the Kyoto Sosaku Hanga. He graduated from the KyotoCity School of Fine Arts and Crafts and after that from the KyotoCity Specialist School of Painting. While he began his career in the painting field, he found his true calling in the woodblock print field and was enthusiastic about the reemergence of woodblock prints in 20th century Japanese art. He was influential in the development of new artists later in his career and set up his own publishing company called Matsukyu.
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