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Flower Vendor in the Rain
by Nishimura Hodo

	Artist:	Nishimura Hodo — 蒲堂
	Title:	Flower Vendor in the Rain (given title; official title unknown)
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	1937/9
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Takemura — 竹村
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Takemura — 竹村
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Mitsugiri
	Format (this edition):	Mitsugiri
	DB artwork code:	47003
	Notes (first edition)?:	Very rare scene, probably published by Takemura Hideo in the 1930's. 絵師　　　西村蒲堂 仮題名　 花売り 時代　　　昭和12年(1937年) サイズ　　縦40.7cm×横18.8cm
	Notes (this edition)?:	The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies: Ross, Here is a version of the Nishimura Hodo flower seller scroll you have in your database, but factory-mounted as a hanging scroll. There are not clear dates that I can see, but it looks pretty clearly pre-war and consistent with all other Hodo woodblocks. Takemura & Co., publisher. The print size is 14.25in x 6.1in, which is slightly larger than the other version you have, which must have been trimmed. Bone scroll ends, I think. It has wear commensurate with age: several small rips in the mounting, permanent creases when it is unrolled, and some small stains, but overall the print has very good colour and is well-preserved. Found through blind luck at an auction in England. Andrew
	Artist Bio:	Nishimura Hodo is most likely the watercolour artist Saito Hodo. See my discussion of Saito Hodo here.