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| Artist: | Furuya Taiken (a. Taisho era) — 古屋台軒 |
| Title: | Travelling Musicians |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1921/12 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Watanabe Shozaburo — 渡辺 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Watanabe Shozaburo — 渡辺 |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 43128 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Title Travelling Performers - Tabi Geinin
very rare : before Kanto Earthquake
Artist Taiken Furuya 1897 - ?
Signature Taiken.
Dated 1921.
Publisher Watanabe.
Medium/Technique Woodblock print.
Format Oban yoko-e
Width Item 14.6 inches = 37.0 cm
Height Item 10.4 inches = 26.5 cm
Description "Tabi Geinin" (Travelling Performers). A shamisen player, drummer and a girl are heading to their home in the evening. A large full moon shines in the air casting faint shadows of them on the street.
Watanabe's gallery shop in Tokyo was destroyed by the Kanto Earthquake in 1923. Many of the original woodblocks and prints were destroied and could never been re-produced again. |
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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:
UKNOWN 20TH CENTURY JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT
WATANABE SEAL - NO RESERVE
Up for auction is this interesting Japanese woodblock print. I am not sure of the artist I could not find him in my database. It has the Watanabe seal. It is Oban in size at about 14 1/2 inches by 10 1/2 inches. The image is fair with some fading, some moderate to heavy abrasions, some moderate crinkling on the corners, and some foxing.
Furuya Taikenn “古屋台軒” dated in August of Taisho 10th year 1921.
Impression Very good.
Colors Good.
Condition Good … Light toning. Light foxing. A diagonal crease from the middle left edge to the upper right edge. Thin areas, missing areas and paper cracks were repaired by a backing paper.
Note Watanabe 6mm round copyright seal.
Later via Hara Shobo (same print):
古屋苔軒
旅芸人 大正10年（1921）
刷良 保存良 シワ 裏打
26x36cm. |
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| Artist Bio: |
Taiken Furuya was a renowned Japanese traditional artist. He produced only 4 Shin Hanga style designs by the request from Shozaburo Watanabe in 1921 - 22.
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