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| Artist: | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水 |
| Title: | Jogakura in Hakkoda — 八甲田 城ヶ倉 |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1935/5 |
| Date of this artwork?: | <1958 (may not be accurate) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Watanabe Shozaburo — 渡辺 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Watanabe — 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: | 47352 |
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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:
Title: Jogakura in Hakkoda
Description: "Hakkoda Jo-ga-kura". The remote Jogakura canyon in Hakkoda mountains in Towada-Yawatadaira national park in Aomori prefecture. The area is famous for the autumn colors. This design is very rare. It is not included, at least I could not find it, in the reference book, "Kawase Hasui Complete Woodblock Prints" by Hotei publishing.
Signature: Hasui.
Seal: Artist's seal (sui).
Dated: 1935.
Publisher: Watanabe.
Technique: Woodblock print
Ukiyo-e Size: Oban tate-e
Width Item: 10.3 inches = 26.1 cm
Height Item: 15.6 inches = 39.5 cm
Width Image: 9.5 inches = 24.2 cm
Height Image: 14.4 inches = 36.5 cm
Impression: Very good … Later printing probably in 1945 - 57. Watanabe 6mm round copyright seal on the right bottom corner.
Colors: Very good.
Quality: Excellent - very good … Two drying holes on the left margin. A pin sized hole on the each margin corner. |
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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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