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| Artist: | Nouet Noel (1885-1969) |
| Title: | Kagurazaka at Ushigome |
| Series: | Scenes of Tokyo Views |
| Date of first edition?: | 1937 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Doi — 土井 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Iida Kunitaro — 飯田國太郎 |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 45665 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
This is a very rare edition published by Iida Kunitaro.
Printed in 1937 by the Shin Hanga artist, Noel Nouet (1881-1969), this antique Japanese woodblock print is titled “Kagurazaka Showa.” Including the full un-trimmed margins, this print measures 15 ½” by 10 ¼”. Unfortunately, as you can see, all four corners of this woodblock have damage. Also, there is an arrow in one of our photos pointing to a tear on the left hand edge, which is nearly invisible. This print is not laid down or trimmed. |
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| Artist Bio: |
NOEL NOUET was a French artist who designed prints of Tokyo land-and-citiscapes. Little is known about Nouet's formative years. During the 1930's and 40's, he worked as the director of La Maison Franco-Japonaise and was a lecturer at Tokyo University. In 1935, Nouet began collaborating with the Tokyo publisher Doi Teiichi. His first woodblock prints were monochrome, based on his pen and ink sketches. These prints include "Gate of Zozoji Temple" and "Kikyo Gate of the Emperor's Palace". In 1936, Doi and Nouet produced a series of color woodblock prints called "Ten Views of Tokyo". All of these prints are signed and dated in English within the image. In 1946, Nouet published a book of his drawings called Tokyo: Fifty Sketches. He also wrote several books on Japanese history.
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