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| Artist: | Narazaki Eisho (Fuyo, Kyokudo, Shinjo) — 楢崎栄昭、扶陽、新城 |
| Title: | Tokaido Kusatsu Night Moon — 東海道草津夜の月 |
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| Date of first edition?: | circa 1920-1940 |
| 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: | 46208 |
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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:
Moon over Kusatsu In Tokaido
Japanese Woodblock Print
By Artist: Narazaki Eisho
(b. 1894 - 1936)
Signed: Fuyo & Red Artist Seal
Overall Size: 14 3/4" Tall x 7 5/8" Wide
Crisp Impression, Strong Color Registry
Deep Blue River, Light Blue Moon Nite Sky
Orange Glow Lantern & Village Lights
Strong Bleed Through to Verso
no# 704 Watanabe Publisher
Generally in Very Good Condition
Stain top left Nite Sky
Few Mild Background Spots.
Edge Foxing to Narrow Borders
Top Slight Trim
"Rare Example of this Print"
Artist Known Names
Narazaki Eisho, Fuyo, Kyokudo
Similar Style to Artist Shotei
Circa 1920s |
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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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