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Published by The S. Watanabe Color Print Co.; rare pre-earthquake trial work; this design was never issued commercially
Rainbow
Shinsui, Ito, 1898-1972
Rainbow- Artist : Shinsui, Ito, 1898-1972
- Date : 1921
- Medium : woodblock
- Item# : 260646
- Condition : No condition problems to note
- Image size : 16 x 9 1/4 inches
- Illustrated : Shinsui, pl. 27
- Comments : Published by The S. Watanabe Color Print Co.; rare pre-earthquake trial work; this design was never issued commercially
- SOLD
About The Artist
Shinsui, Ito, 1898-1972Born in Tokyo. Original name Ito Hajime. Started working in drawing department of a Tokyo printing company at age 12; then studied with Kaburagi Kiyokata. Well known as Japanese-style painter; exhibited at Bunten, Teiten, and Nitten. Discovered by Watanabe Shozaburo in 1916; Watanabe and Shinsui collaborated for 25 years; Watanabe exported hundreds of Shinsui prints. Shinsui's landscape series Eight Views of Lake Biwa (Omi Hakkei), 1917-1918, inspired Kawase Hasui, another prolific collabor.....
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Rainbow
$15,000.00
Published by The S. Watanabe Color Print Co.; rare pre-earthquake trial work; this design was never issued commercially
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