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| Artist: | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水 |
| Title: | Lake Ezu |
| Series: | Selection of Scenic Views of Japan — 日本風景選集 |
| Date of first edition?: | 1923 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Watanabe — 渡辺 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Watanabe — 渡辺 |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Not Set
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| Format (this edition): | Not Set |
| DB artwork code: | 39351 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Friday, 16 June 2006
Title Lake Ezu
limited edition
Artist Hasui Kawase 1883-1957
Signature Hasui
Seal Artist's seal (Kawase)
Dated 1923
Publisher Watanabe
Medium/Technique Woodblock print
Impression excellent - very good (printed in the early post World War II)
Colors very good
Condition good … slight paper toning, slight brown discolorations along the margin edges, a crease (2.5 inch long) on the middle-upper right, two tears (1/8 inch long) on the left margin edge, slight creases on the margins.
Edition Size 300
Numbered 35 / 300
Description From the series, "Nihon Fukei Senshu" (Selection of Scenes of Japan), Lake Ezu in Kumamoto province.
Note Watanabe round 6mm copyright seal. Limited edition number in Japanese on the back.
Width Item 8.9 inches = 22.7 cm
Height Item 12.0 inches = 30.6 cm |
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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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