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Daimonji Festival — 大文字
by Kamei Tobei (1901-1977)

Original caretaker of this artwork: Yahoo Auction, Japan

	Artist:	Kamei Tobei (1901-1977) — 亀井藤兵衛
	Title:	Daimonji Festival — 大文字
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	circa 1950-1970
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Uchida — 内田
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Uchida — 内田
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Oban
	Format (this edition):	Oban
	DB artwork code:	45642
	Notes (first edition)?:	I have the watercolour genga for this print (see here).
	Notes (this edition)?:	The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies: 「うちだ版 手摺木版画 亀十兵衛 大文字 　　木版画25cm×39cm　全体の大きさ35cm×49cm 　　少し汚れや傷みがあります
	Artist Bio:	Kamei Tobei studied at Kyoto Kaiga Semmon Gakko. He was a founding member of the Kyoto Sosaku Hanga Kyokai. With Tomikichiro Tokuriki and Kotozuka Eiichi he established his own publishing company to support the selling of Sosaku Hanga prints. In 1953 Kamei followed an old Japanese artist tradition and changed his name - to Genbei Kamei.