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Night scene, town by river

Night scene, town by river
by Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Original caretaker of this artwork: Yahoo Auction, Japan

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Artist: Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) 川瀬巴水
Title: Night scene, town by river (given title; official title unknown)
Series: 
Date of first edition?1930 (after)
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): Postcard
Format (this edition): Postcard
DB artwork code: 47430
Notes (first edition)?
I have no idea of the dating. Said to be from a small calendar issue.
Notes (this edition)?
The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:

【商品の説明】
商品名 : 川瀬巴水 豆カレンダー用木版
大変珍しいお品です。極小版ですが、巴水の雨の
雰囲気が出ています。
当時、豆カレンダーを製作した際に作ったようです。
市場に出る事は珍しいと思います。

【商品の状態】
使用状況 :状態は、経年劣化はあります。

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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