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Matsue Castle

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Matsue Castle
by Asada Benji (Tangyu)

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Artist: Asada Benji (Tangyu) — 麻田辨自
Title: Matsue Castle
Series: 
Date of first edition?: 1950 (in the decade of)
Publisher (first edition)?: Self
Medium (first edition): Watercolour
Format (first edition): Chuban
Notes (first edition)?: 
Artist: Benji Asada 1899-1984
Title: Matsue Castle - Watercolor and Trial Proof
Date: Ca 1930 - 50s
Publisher: Uchida
Medium: Watercolor on paper.
Width Item 10.0 inches = 25.5 cm
Height Item 7.4 inches = 18.8 cm

Notes: A set of an original preparatory watercolor painting and a fine trial proof before the first commercial edition. There is another painting of Mt. Izumo-fuji, which was cancelled, on the back of the watercolor painting.
They have been kept in the famous publisher in Kyoto, The Uchida, archives. An exceptional and rare item for the serious Japanese woodblock print collector

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