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Ochiyo - Bunraku Puppet
by Nishizawa Shizuo (1912-1997)

	Artist:	Nishizawa Shizuo (1912-1997)
	Title:	Ochiyo - Bunraku Puppet
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	Not set
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Self
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Self
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Not Set
	Format (this edition):	Not Set
	DB artwork code:	38298
	Notes (first edition)?:
	Notes (this edition)?:	The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies: Thursday, 25 August 2005 Title Ochiyo - Bunraku Puppet limited edition Artist Shizuo Nishizawa 1912-1997 Signature "S. Nishisawa", edition number, date and title in pencil on the lower margin Dated 1980s Technique/Medium Intaglio Impression excellent … printed on a thick laid paper Colors excellent Condition excellent - very good … slight discoloration on the lower margin. Edition Size 30 Numbered 4 / 30 Description Bunraku puppet "Ochiyo". Shizuo Nishisawa was famous for his exquisite and highly skilled intaglio, colored-etching works especially the ones depicting Bunraku puppets. In 1983, the Nobel Prize Foundation in Sweden asked Nishizawa to make a print in commemoration of the first Japanese Nobel laureat for literature, Kawabata Yasunari. Width 9.6 inches = 24.5 cm Height 14.8 inches = 37.5 cm Width of Image 7.6 inches = 19.3 cm Height of Image 12.0 inches = 30.5 cm