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Kameido — 亀井堂
by Shisui Hyuga
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| Artist: | Shisui Hyuga — 日向紫水 |
| Title: | Kameido — 亀井堂 |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1937 (circa) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Doi Sadaichi — 土井貞一 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Doi Sadaichi — 土井貞一 |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 48027 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Title: Kameido
More: Very Rare. First State. Before W.W.II.
Description
"Kameido". A person is walking on stone footsteps in front of the quiet Kameido shrine in the early morning.
Only two woodblock prints of the artist are known: One is titled "Twilight in Hamarikyu", the other "Kameido".
Shisui Hyuga's works are rarely seen. This design was published by Doi Sadaichi before W.W.II.
Carver Kataoka. Printer Yokoi.
Signature: "Shisui" on the bottom left.
Seal: Artist's seal in red.
Dated: Ca. 1937.
Publisher: Doi Sadaichi.
Technique: Woodblock print
Width Item: 7.7 inches = 19.5 cm
Height Item: 11.0 inches = 28.0 cm
Width Image: 7.1 inches = 18.0 cm
Height Image: 10.0 inches = 25.5 cm
Impression: Excellent - Very good ... First state printing before W.W.II.
Colors: Excellent - Very good ... Fine "bokashi" gradations in the sky.
Quality: Excellent - Very good ... Slight creases in margins. |
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