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| Artist: | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水 |
| Title: | Kotsuki River in Kagoshima — 鹿児島 甲突川 |
| Series: | Collection of Scenic Views of Japan — 日本風景選集 |
| Date of first edition?: | 1922 |
| 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): | Aiban
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| Format (this edition): | Aiban |
| DB artwork code: | 47349 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Kawase Hasui
1883-1957
Kotsuki River in Kagoshima
(Kagoshima Kotsukigawa)
Pre-earthquake, signed Hasui with artist's seal Hasui, publisher's circular seal Watanabe, the series title cartouche embossed on the left margin, "Nihon fukkei senshu", followed by the print title Kagoshima Kotsukigawa, and date "Taisho juichinen saku", with with limited edition seal hand-numbered on verso, "San-hyaku mai kagiri zeppan, dai juroku ban" (300 limited edition, number 16), ca. 1922
Aiban tate-e 12 1/8 by 8 7/8 in., 30.7 by 22.5 cm
References:
Kendall H. Brown, Kawase Hasui: The Complete Woodblock Prints, 2008, p. 328, no. 96
Kendall Brown, Water and Shadow: Kawase Hasui and Japanese Landscape Prints, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2014, p. 152, cat. IV.95
川瀬巴水木版画
日本風景選集
鹿児島甲突川
大正十一年
渡邊木版画店 |
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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:
Kawase Hasui
1883-1957
Kotsuki River in Kagoshima
(Kagoshima Kotsukigawa)
pre-earthquake, signed Hasui with artist's seal Hasui, publisher's circular seal Watanabe, the series title cartouche embossed on the left margin, Nihon fukkei senshu, followed by the print title Kagoshima Kotsukigawa, and date Taisho juichinen saku, with with limited edition seal hand-numbered on verso, San-hyaku mai kagiri zeppan, dai juroku ban (300 limited edition, number 16), ca. 1922
aiban tate-e 12 1/8 by 8 7/8 in., 30.7 by 22.5 cm
References:
Kendall H. Brown, Kawase Hasui: The Complete Woodblock Prints, 2008, p. 328, no. 96
Kendall Brown, Water and Shadow: Kawase Hasui and Japanese Landscape Prints, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2014, p. 152, cat. IV.95 |
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| Artist Bio: |
川瀬 巴水。1883年（明治16年）5月18日 - 1957年（昭和32年）11月7 日）。大正・昭和期の浮世絵師、版画家。1918年 （大正7年）、風景画家として世に出る。以後、数多くの木版画を発表。 衰退した日本の浮世絵版画を復興すべく吉田博らとともに新しい浮世絵版画の叙情的世界に、自然に肉薄する近代人の視点を導入することにより、独自の世界を展開した。享年74歳。 |
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