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| Artist: | Unknown |
| Title: | Iris and Rain — 菖蒲と雨 |
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| Date of first edition?: | circa 1945-1950 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Takemura — 竹村 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Takemura — 竹村 |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Postcard
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| Format (this edition): | Postcard |
| DB artwork code: | 46959 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Artist seal appears to read 山本 (Yamamoto).
Clearly the card itself is a post-WW2 publication, proof that Takemura's business was re-established after the war. I feel the woodblock print is most likely post-war but I cannot discount the possibility that Takemura used remnant pre-war stock. The reason why I doubt this is because it is most likely that Takemura's business premises, including all woodblocks and stock, were destroyed in the Allied bombing of Yokohama in 1945. |
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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:
Unidentified Woodblock Children in Rain with Frog
Children in Rain with Frog
Artist's seal reads Yamamoto or Motoyama
Publisher: Takemura Hideo. Bears round Takemura seal.
Date: 1930s. Collected after WWII but very likely from Takemura's pre-war stock (no!).
Size: 5.5 x 3.5 inches.
Tipped at top to original greeting card.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Print is excellent. Card is foxed.
This is from a rare Takemura-published group that contained previously unknown Tsuchiya Koitsu prints. |
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