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Floating World Gallery | Junks in Inatori Bay, Izu

Junks in Inatori Bay, Izu

Hiroaki, Shotei, 1871-1945

Artist : Hiroaki, Shotei, 1871-1945
Date : 1926
Medium : woodblock
Item# : FWG0556
Condition : No condition problems to note
Image size : 9 1/2 x 14 3/8 inches
Illustrated : Shotei.com, pl. O-7
Comments : Published by The S. Watanabe Color Print Co.; Watanabe B-type publishers seal
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About The Artist

Hiroaki, Shotei, 1871-1945

Born in Asakusa district of Toyko. Original name Takahashi Katsutaro; used the art name Shotei 1907-1922, Hiroaki or Komei after 1922. Studied Japanese-style painting with his uncle Matsumoto Fuko. In 1891 with Terazaki Kogyo organized Japan Youth Painting Society (Nihon Seinen Kaiga Kyokai). Illustrated textbooks and newspaper novels. Began designing woodblocks for Watanabe Shozaburo for export in 1907 and produced about 500 prints before September 1923. The blocks for all were destroyed .....

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