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| Artist: | Kamei Tobei (1901-1977) — 亀井藤兵衛 |
| Title: | Sakai-Machi Gate — 境町御門 |
| Series: | Kyoto Gosho |
| Date of first edition?: | 05/05/1950 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Suiko Shoin — 推古書院 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Suiko Shoin — 推古書院 |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Postcard
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| Format (this edition): | Postcard |
| DB artwork code: | 47885 |
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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:
Description
Artist: Assorted Artists
Title: Kyoto Gosho Colour Woodcuts
Date: c. 1950s
Medium: Japanese woodblock print
Image Size: 4 x 6 inches
Notes: Set contains 4 prints depicting scenes from the Kyoto Imperial Palace in a paper folio; artists are: Tomikichiro Tokuriki: Sakon Cherry-Trees seen through Gekka Gate, Eiichi Kotozuka: Shishinden, Kamei Tobei: Sakaimich Gate, and Unidentified: Seiryoden; each print has a tissue overlay attached to the left edge with a description of the scene in Japanese and English; dimensions shown are approximate image size of each print |
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| Artist Bio: |
Kamei Tobei studied at Kyoto Kaiga Semmon Gakko. He was a founding member of the Kyoto Sosaku Hanga Kyokai. With Tomikichiro Tokuriki and Kotozuka Eiichi he established his own publishing company to support the selling of Sosaku Hanga prints. In 1953 Kamei followed an old Japanese artist tradition and changed his name - to Genbei Kamei.
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