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Matoba in Takehara — 竹原的場（広島県）
by Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

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	Artist:	Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水
	Title:	Matoba in Takehara — 竹原的場（広島県）
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	1948
	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
	Format (this edition):	Oban
	DB artwork code:	44005
	Notes (first edition)?:	Takahara Matoba, Hiroshima by Kawase Hasui, 1948 (published by Watanabe Shozaburo) Medium: Original Japanese Woodblock Print Date: 1948 Publisher: Watanabe Reference No: Hotei #504 Size: 10 x 16 "
	Notes (this edition)?:	The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies: We are selling a large estate of Japanese prints originally acquired in the 1950s. Please see our other listings. Domestic shipping is free; we will ship internationally at actual cost to buyer. Print has a crease in the bottom left corner and measures 10 1/2 by 15 1/4 inches.
	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。