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Details
- Alternative title
- Shin Nihon hyakkei: 12 Biwako
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Shōwa period 1926 - 1988 → Japan
- Date
- 1939
- Media category
- Materials used
- colour woodcut
- Dimensions
- 22.6 x 30.3 cm image; 25.0 x 32.5 cm mount
- Signature & date
Signed u.r. in Japanese, ink [incised on block] "Ben". Not dated.
- Credit
- Yasuko Myer Bequest Fund 1997
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 8.1997.1
- Copyright
- © Estate of Asada Benji
- Artist information
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Asada Benji
Works in the collection
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About
This series of prints is a unique set of prints in two ways: at least thirty contemporary artists collaborated in a single series of landscape prints, depicting both famous places & scenery of modern urban life. This series is a product of the Creative Print Movement, a modern movement in printmaking which began early in the 20th century by artists who designed, blockcut & printed their own work with a clear intention of creating works of art as opposed to `surimono', reproductions. Due to the intensification of WWII, publication of the series was stopped by the Japanese authorities who feared that the interior of Japan would become known to its enemies through artistic depictions of the landscape.
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Places
Where the work was made
Japan
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
In one drop of water, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 Jun 2019–21 Feb 2021