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| Artist: | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水 |
| Title: | Evening at the Ibaraki Christian School — 茨城キリスト教大学 |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1953 (circa) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Not Set |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Not Set |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Postcard
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| Format (this edition): | Postcard |
| DB artwork code: | 46108 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Evening at the Ibaraki Christian School by Kawase Hasui. Original Mid Showa era Japanese woodblock print circa 1953. Fine color, condition and impression. Print measures 3.5 x 5.5 inches. Strong texture and ink bleed through on fine Japanese washi on each. Red Hasui seal in lower right corner of image. The print is extremely rare and undocumented in any Hasui or Shin-Hanga reference in my library. |
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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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