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| Artist: | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水 |
| Title: | Hwasa Gate, Suwon (Mizuhara Kakomon) |
| Series: | 8 Views of Korea — 朝鮮八景 |
| Date of first edition?: | 1939/8 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Watanabe Shozaburo — 渡辺 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Watanabe Shozaburo — 渡辺 |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
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Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Large Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Large Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 46923 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
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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:
Hwasa Gate, Suwon
Alternate Title: Mizuhara Kakōmon
Series: Eight Views of Korea
Kawase Hasui (Japan, 1883-1957)
Japan, August, 1939
Prints; woodblocks
Color woodblock print
Image: 15 7/16 × 10 9/16 in. (39.21 × 26.83 cm) Sheet: 16 3/8 × 11 3/8 in. (41.59 × 28.89 cm) |
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| Series Information: |
| These prints resulted from a trip Hasui made to Korea in 1939, together with the artists Ikegami Shuho (1874-1944), Yazawa Genetsu (1886-1952), Nagata Shunsui (1889-1970) and Yamakawa Shuho (1898-1944). The prints were published by Kansai Bijutsusha [関西 美術社] in Osaka headed by Naito Seifu, but produced by Watanabe Shozaburo (1885-1962). The series title does not appear on the prints. |
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| 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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