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| Artist: | Wada Sanzo (1883-1967) — 和田三造 |
| Title: | Soldiers Resting — 兵士休憩 |
| Series: | Occupations of the Showa Era in Pictures — 昭和職業絵尽 |
| Date of first edition?: | 1940 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Nishinomiya Shoin — 西宮書院 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Nishinomiya Shoin — 西宮書院 |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 45515 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Artist: Wada, Sanzo (1883-1967) - 和田三造
Title: Soldiers Resting (as written by Wada on the print); Soldiers (as given by publisher notes).
Series: Japanese Vocations in Pictures - Series 1 - 昭和職業繪盡
Date: 1940
Publisher: Nishinomiya Shoin - 西宮
Medium: Woodblock
Format: Oban, 39 x 29cm (sheet size).
Limited edition of only 300 prints.
This scene is from the original pre-war series by the publisher Nishinomiya Shoin. It usually contains the official round red seal in a margin. Artist signature (hand-written) and seal within the printed area.
See here for the full series. |
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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 Occupations in Showa Era - Soldiers, Evening News Paper Seller
first edition. before W.W.II
Artist Sanzo Wada 1883-196
Description From "Showa Shokugyo E-zukushi" ("Sketches of Occupations in Showa Era"), "Heishi" (Soldiers), "Yukan Uri" (Evening News Paper Seller).
The first of this large series was published by Nishinomiya Shoin in 1938 - 1943. It was very popular and even featured on the Asahi Newspapers every time the new design was published. It was interrupted by World War II. After the war, Kyoto Hanga-in made the continuation of it.
Signature "Sanzo" hand-signed by the artist in black ink.
Seal Artist's seal.
Dated 1939.
Publisher Nishinomiya Shoin.
Medium/Technique Woodblock print.
Impression Excellent - very good … First edition printing.
Colors Very good.
Condition Very good … Light foxing. Top corners are pasted on the original presentation paper.
Note The print comes with the original description paper in Japanese and in English.
Width Item 15.0 inches = 38.0 cm
Height Item 11.4 inches = 29.0 cm
Width Mat 19.5 inches = 49.5 cm
Height Mat 14.1 inches = 35.8 cm |
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