Awazu, May 1917
Itō Shinsui; Publisher: Watanabe Shōzaburōexpand_more
Woodblock print; ink and color on paperexpand_more
Gift of Ellen and Fred Wellsexpand_more 2002.161.17.7
Not on Viewexpand_more
Ito_ Shinsui submitted his first landscape series, The Eight Views of Lake Biwa, to an exhibition in June of 1918. Seeing these images triggered Kawase Hasui’s interest in designing prints, and he approached Shinsui’s publisher, Watanabe Shozaburo, with some landscape sketches of his own.
Details
- Title
- Awazu
- Artist Life
- 1898 - 1972
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2002.161.17.7
- Provenance
- Tobin
- Curator Approved
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