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| Artist: | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水 |
| Title: | Series information |
| Series: | Korea — 朝鮮 |
| Date of first edition?: | 1930 (in the decade of) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Mitsukoshi — 三越刊 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Mitsukoshi — 三越刊 |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Koban
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| Format (this edition): | Koban |
| DB artwork code: | 46009 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Extremely rare postcard series, first published around late 1930's to early 1940's. I have no information regarding the title of each scene, the format (postcard or koban), publisher, etc., but I can clearly see the artist name and the series title written on the series folder.
The series was issued by the famous department store Mitsukoshi (三越), as the name text and seal along the bottom of the series folder cover look very similar to Mitsukoshi's. I've included an image of Mitsukoshi's seal for comparison.
Hasui made a trip to Korea in 1939, so these scenes most likely date to shortly after that time.
One of the scenes has recently (2018) been re-published by a US-based art dealer, so it may become commonly available as a later edition reprint of the pre-war first edition. |
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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:
The full series of prints as first published by Mitsukoshi Department Store, circa 1939 to early 1940s. Strictly speaking, Mitsukoshi would have been the distributor and probably commissioner of this series, not the publisher. The actual publisher is currently unknown. |
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| Series Information: |
| This series dates to 1930-1940. |
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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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