Original woodblock print, published by Watanabe Shōzaburō - Takahashi Shōtei (Hiroaki) 高橋松亭 (1871–1945) - Itako - Japan - ca 1920 (pre-earthquake)
Rare Japanese woodblock print by Shotei Takahashi (also known as Hiroaki), ca. 1920 (Pre-earthquake), 1st edition, published by Shozaburo Watanabe.
Title: 'Itako'
Seal: Shōtei.
Illustrator: Takahashi Shōtei (Hiroaki) Takahashi Shotei (1871–1945).
Publisher: Watanabe Shōzaburo.
Size: Chuban, 25.5 x 19 cm
Date: 'pre-earthquake', before 1923.
Condition: the crepe print is in very good condition.
The lot will be packaged with care and sent by insured post with a track & trace code.
As part of the shin hanga or new prints movement in 1907 Takahashi Shōtei started designing for the S. Watanabe Colour Print Co.
Shōtei was the first designer to be recruited into Watanabe's stable of artists. By 1923, Shōtei had produced nearly 500 designs for Watanabe, when Tokyo was hit by the Great Kanto earthquake.
The fires ignited by the earthquake raged for three days and Watanabe's print shop and all the woodblocks created by Shōtei and the other early shin hanga artists were destroyed.
- Oggetto
- Xilografia originale
- Tecnica
- Stampa a blocchi di legno policroma
- Materiale
- Carta
- Periodo
- ca 1920 (pre-terremoto)
- Regione/ Paese d'origine
- Giappone
- Artista/fabbricante
- Takahashi Shōtei (Hiroaki) 高橋松亭 (1871-1945)
- Attribuzione
- Originale
- Titolo dell'opera
- Itako
- Condizioni
- In ottime condizioni, vedi descrizione
- Dimensioni
- 25.5×19×0 cm