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| Artist: | Narazaki Eisho (Fuyo, Kyokudo, Shinjo) — 楢崎栄昭、扶陽、新城 |
| Title: | Ferry in Snow |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1921 (prior to) |
| 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): | Mitsugiri
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| Format (this edition): | Mitsugiri |
| DB artwork code: | 45603 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Early Pre-earthquake Work: Ferry in Snow
Artist: Narazaki Eisho
Format: Mitsugiri
Subject: Bearing the signature and seal 'Fuyo'. This superb design of a ferry boat in the evening snow, bears all the hallmarks of Shotei at the peak of his powers.
Publisher: Watanabe
Date: pre-1921
Hand-applied gofun for the snowflakes and gauffrage. Mica sprinkled on the waves. |
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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:
ANTIQUE JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT
BY NARAZAKI EISHO (FUYO)
1916-1922
FERRY IN SNOW
ORIGINAL PRINT
PRINT IN NICE CONDITION
HAS SOME AGE YELLOWING
SIGNED IN LOWER RIGHT
TITLE UPPER LEFT
ON BACK LOWER RIGHT LIGHTLY STAMP MARKED "No 477"
WHITE SNOW HAS RAISED TEXTURE
SIZE = 6-1/2" X 14-1/2" INCHES |
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| Artist Bio: |
We can confirm that his works were published via Watanabe and that he first used the pseudonym Fuyo from around 1916 to 1932, after which he used Eisho:
LINK to scan of catalogue
However, according to Merritt (and likely sourced from the ukiyo-e scholar Fujikake Shizuya, 1938), Narazaki Eisho used the art names Fuyo from 1916-1922, and Eisho from 1922-1936.
Note that all of the mitsugiri prints that I have seen are signed "Fuyo" 扶陽, not Eisho, so I suspect the mitsugiri prints are his oldest works (and indeed they do look older than his oban-sized print).
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