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Lake Hamana

Lake Hamana 浜名湖
by Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Original caretaker of this artwork: Castle Fine Arts  Specializing in fine 18th-20th Century Japanese Woodblock Prints.

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Artist: Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) 川瀬巴水
Title: Lake Hamana 浜名湖
Series: Selected Views of the Tokaido 東海道風景選集
Date of first edition?1931
Publisher (first edition)?Watanabe 渡辺
Publisher (this edition)?Watanabe 渡辺
Medium (first edition): Woodblock
Medium (this edition): Woodblock
Format (first edition): Oban
Format (this edition): Oban
DB artwork code: 46575
Notes (first edition)?
Artist: Kawase Hasui
Title: Lake Hamana
Print Type: Original Japanese Woodblock Print
Series Title: Selection of Views of the Tokaido
Date: 1931
Publisher: Watanabe
Reference No: Hotei # 221
Size: 10-1/2 x 15-1/2 "


Notes: Narazaki states that, "The waves on the lake's surface and the reflections on the water are rendered meticulously as if a miniature painting. The necessity of depicting every detail in such an approach results in some attractive features that would otherwise escape notice." Lake Hamana is in Shizuoka Prefecture near Maisaka, the 30th Station on the Tokaido

作家 川瀬巴水 Kawase Hasui
作品 東海道風景選集 浜名湖  Selection of Views of the Tokaido, Lake Hamana
技法 木版 

状態 少ヤケ 裏面貼付剥がし跡・テープ跡  
サイズ 24×36cm(イメージサイズ) 
制作年 昭和6年(1931)  
渡辺版  
Notes (this edition)?
The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:

Artist Kawase Hasui
Title Lake Hamana
Medium Original Japanese Woodblock Print
Series Title Selection of Views of The Tokaido
Edition S. Watanabe "E" Seal
Date 1931
Publisher S. Watanabe
Reference No Hotei #221
Size 10 -1/4 x 15 -1/2 "
Condition Very fine, with superb colors.

Notes: Displays strong colors throughout, with an addition of pink in the clouds; not shown in the Hotei impression.

Narazaki explains that 'This image appears in a dark and light version. The waves on the lake's surface and the reflections on the water are rendered meticulously as if a miniature painting. The necessity of depicting every detail with such an approach results in some attractive features that would otherwise escape notice'. Lake Hamana is in Shizuoka prefecture near Maisaka, the 30th station on the Tokaido. Hotei Vol. 1, pg. 84

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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