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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Shōwa period 1926 - 1988 → Japan
- Date
- 1926
- Media category
- Materials used
- colour woodcut
- Dimensions
- 24.2 x 36.3 cm image; 26.4 x 38.8 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Signed l.r. margin, pencil "Komyo Takahashi".
Dated lower c., black ink, in Japanese "[1926]".- Credit
- Gift of G F Williams 1995
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 420.2001
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Takahashi Hiroaki
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About
Takahashi was trained in 'nihonga' or the Japanese-style painting, and drew illustrations for newspapers and textbooks for a living. He began collaborating with the print publisher Watanabe Shôzaburô from 1907 producing souvenir prints for export. This collaboration preceded the New Prints - Wantanabe's famous enterprise of producing high-quality prints through the traditional printmaking process, which began in 1915.
Takahashi used the 'gô' Shôtei (his real name was Katsutarô) until around 1921 when he changed the name to Hiroaki (also pronounced Kômyô) and developed a more personal style, possibly stimulated by the artistically conscious 'New Print' movement.
Asian Art Dept.
AGNSW 16 October 2001 -
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