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| Artist: | Seiko (a. 1940s woodblock landscapes) — 静光 |
| Title: | Moonlight (Blue variant) |
| Series: | |
| Date of first edition?: | 1948 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Unknown — 不明 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Unknown — 不明 |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 41258 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
| There is also a monochrome version of this scene. |
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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:
Thursday, 20 March 2008
Seal kanji may be "武" (bushi no BU)
A wonderful moonlit Surreal woodcut of a single figure walking along a village road lit by house lights
Signed in Japanese left margin this work is also signed with japanese symbols upper right in black and gold
Artist unknown but from a good print collection I acquired recently
Sheet has almost a glazed feel to verso with rich brown staining
On front border also a brown stain consisten with verso
1 inch by 1/8 inch piece out along top border with old tape marking sto upper verso
Sheet is quite fine paper measuring 15 1/2" by 10 1/2"
No foxing or holes and no visible marks to the image |
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| Artist Bio: |
The publisher Watanabe Shoichiro stated that Seiko was the artist Ishiwata Koitsu.
静光は石渡こういつ？土屋光逸？ |
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