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| Notes (1st edition) | ??: ???? Kasamatsu Shiro ??: ????-??? Lotus shadow - Shinobazu Pond ??: ?? Woodblock print ???: 35.5×24.5cm(???????) ???: ??31?(1956) | |||
| Publisher (this edition): | Unsodo | Unsodo | Unsodo | Unsodo |
| Date of this item: | 1956 | 1956 | 1956 | 1956 |
| Notes (this edition) These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.: | Wednesday, 27 September 2006 Shin Hanga: The Lotus Pond Artist: Shiro Kasamatsu Format: Large oban tate-e: 16" x 11" approx Subject: A Temple reflected on a pond with flowering Lotus plants. Date: 1957 Condition: Full size. Minor foxing in left margin, base. Generally very good state. Colour: Fine. Impression: Fine with extensive gauffrage Estimated Value: ?280 - ?350 |
Japanese Woodblock by Kasamatsu ‘Shade of the Lotus, Shinobazu Pond’ (1956) A beautiful close-up lotus flower scene titled in Japanese kanji (left margin) as “Hasu no Kage, Shinobazu” which translates in English as “Shade of the Lotus, Shinobazu Pond” by Shiro Kasamatsu (1898-1991). Bears artist’s signature/seal in lower right corner of image. Print bears Unsodo’s Publisher’s rectangular seal in left margin along with the carver/printer seals of Nagashima/Shinmi. Dr. Andreas Grund’s authoritative reference “The Complete Woodblocks of Shiro Kasamatsu” indicates this print (#U-77) was first produced “Showa 31” (or 1956). Additionally, Nagashima (carver) is known to have worked for Unsodo during the late 1940’s and 1950’s; and Shinmi (printer) is currently in his 90’s and has long since stopped working. Also bears “Gei” watermark (“gei” is the first kanji character of the of the Unsodo Publishers name, "Un-so-do,” which is spelled “gei” if alone) in the lower left corner. Circa 1956—a first edition (only 100 copies printed). Seldom seen, the presence of this print’s original (“kanji”) “margin-dating" seen in the lower left margin indicates that this is considered to be a FIRST EDITION printing. All later editions printed after 1960 LACK this margin-dating, as a that time, the Japanese dates were carved off of the “key-block.” Image measures 9 ½ x 14 ¼ inches. |
The Lotus Flowers of Shinobazu Pond by Shiro Kasamatsu. Original woodblock print dated Showa 31 (1956). Very good condition. A few light foxing spots. Never been framed. Oban size measures 16.2 x 10.6 inches. "Shiro" and red shiro seal in lower right of image. Title, Unsodo publisher's seal, Shinmi printer's seal, Nagajima carver's seal, date and Gei watermark in left margin. Nice texture and ink bleed through. |
??: ???? Kasamatsu Shiro ??: ????-??? Lotus shadow - Shinobazu Pond ??: ?? ??: ???? ???: 35.5×24.5cm(???????) ???: ??31?(1956) |