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Junks by Moonlight

Artist: Hiroaki (Shotei)
Format: Oban yoko-e: 9.75" x 14.5" approx

Subject: Junks in Inatori Bay by Hiroaki Takahashi, 1871-1945, who designed woodblock prints for the famous publisher Watanabe - in all about 500 prints, before the great earthquake in September 1923. All blocks were destroyed by the fires in the aftermath of the earthquake. Afterwards he resumed his work and created another 250 prints. Hiroaki is said to have been killed by the atomic bomb when he visited his daughter in Hiroshima in August 1945.

Publisher: Watanabe

Date: 1926

Condition: Full size. Fine state.

Colour: Very fine

Impression: Very fine		 This is a VERY RARE Japanese woodblock print is by the important Shin Hanga artist Takahashi Shotei. It depicts a fantastic harbor scene with magnificent boats. It was done in 1926 and I believe that this is a very early printing. Excellent condition and oban format.
Title Junks in Inatori Bay
Artist Hiroaki Takahashi 1871-1945
Signature Hiroaki ga
Seal artist's seal (shotei)
Dated 1926
Publisher Watanabe
Technique/Medium Woodblock print
Impression excellent - very good … (printing ca. 1950-60s)
Colors excellent
Condition excellent - very good … two pin holes for drying on the upper margin.
Description Junks in Inatori Bay, Izu. Four large boats are quietly harboring in the evening sun.
Format Oban yoko-e
Width 15.6 inches = 39.5 cm
Height 10.6 inches = 27.0 cm		 Tuesday, 22 November 2005



Artist:


Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki) (1871-1945)

Subject: Inatori Bay in Izu penisula.
Signature: Hiroaki ga. Artist's seal Shotei. Hiroaki Takahashi in romanji in pencil on lower margin.
Date: c. 1926.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Size: Oban yoko-e, 26,5x39 cm.
Reference: This design is listed and illustrated in the sale catalogue of Watanabe published in 1936 under no. E7 p.106-107.
Conditions: Fine impression, colour and condition.
Item no. 672
Price: €uro 1.500
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