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| Artist: | Shotei Takahashi (1871-1945) Hiroaki — 松亭高橋、弘明 |
| Title: | Camellia and Puppies in Snow — ツバキと犬 |
| Series: | |
| Date of first edition?: | 1936 (after) |
| Date of this artwork?: | >=1936 (may not be accurate) |
| 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): | Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 47144 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
From Shotei.com:
Catalog Number: O-18
Title: Camellia and Puppies in Snow
Publisher: Watanabe
Size: 36.4 x 23.9
Date: >= 1936
Pre- or Post-Quake: Post-quake
Name on Seal: Hiroaki
Name Signed: Hiroaki
Watanabe 1936 Catalog #:
Ota-ku 2005 Catalog #: 291 |
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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:
近代木版画.本物88高橋弘明 仮題「ツバキと犬」大正頃
イメージサイズ36.5ｘ23.8ｃｍ
版元渡辺庄三郎
近代木版画 明治の終わり・大正・昭和初期の良さ摺師・彫師は最高です。
現代では、これ程の作品作れません。
高橋弘明 明治4東京生 堂12に松本楓湖に日本画を学ぶ。明治4０年渡辺木版画美術舗より
版画作品を発表。代表作大正10～12に制作「都南八景」「雪月花」昭和20広島にて
原爆に遭い死去。
●商品状態 良好
近代木版画は古い物です・小キズ・ニュウ・スレ、経年による劣化があり、変色などの欠点も有る、ことも有ます。 |
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| Artist Bio: |
Takahashi Shotei was born in Tokyo with the given name of Takahashi Katsutaro. At a young age he was trained in Nihon-ga , the traditional Japanese painting style by his uncle Matsumoto Fuko, and beginning around 1907 Shotei started designing for the Watanabe Color Print Company. Shotei was among the first designers to be recruited into Watanabe's stable of artists, which would later expand to include Goyo, Shinsui, Hasui, Kasamatsu, Koson and Koitsu among others. Many Watanabe prints were designed for export, primarily to North America, where the demand for all things Japanese was high in the early 20th century.
By 1923 Shotei had produced nearly 500 designs for Watanabe, when Tokyo was hit by the Great Kanto earthquake -- the worst recorded natural catastrophe in the history of Japan. The fires ignited by the earthquake raged for three days, and Watanabe's print shop and all the woodblocks created by Shotei and the other early shin hanga artists, were destroyed.
After the earthquake Shotei created another 250 prints mostly depicting scenic Japanese landscapes in the shin hanga style he had helped to define. He continued to work for Watanabe, but also worked with the publishers Fusui Gabo and Shobido Tanaka, where he had more control over the finished print than was possible with Watanabe.
Shotei used a variety of names, signatures and seals during his lifetime. From 1907 until 1922 he used the name Shotei, and after 1922 Hiroaki and Komei.
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