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| Artist: | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水 |
| Title: | Zaimoku Island in Matsushima |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1954 |
| 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): | Shikishi
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| Format (this edition): | Shikishi |
| DB artwork code: | 45122 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Zaimoku Island at Matsujima by Kawase Hasui. Original Japanese woodblock print on the cover of the July 1954 issue of Japan Trade Monthly magazine. Woodblock print is made by S. Watanabe. Magazine is published by Dentsu Advertising LTD. Magazine measures 11.6 x 8.2 inches. 86 pages of interesting articles and advertisements.
Compare this woodblock print with the 1933 version found on page 440 of the book "Kawase Hasui, - The Complete Woodblock Prints". Exceedingly rare. |
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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:
Zaimoku Island at Matsujima by Kawase Hasui. Original Japanese woodblock print on the cover of the July 1954 issue of Japan Trade Monthly magazine. Woodblock print is made by S. Watanabe. Magazine is published by Dentsu Advertising LTD. Magazine measures 11.6 x 8.2 inches. 86 pages of interesting articles and advertisements. Woodblock print retains original colors and has good texture and light ink bleed through on fine Japanesse washi. Magazine spine is chipped. Compare this woodblock print with the 1933 version found on page 440 of the book "Kawase Hasui, - The Complete Woodblock Prints". Exceedingly rare. |
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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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