Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 126752

Bridge and Temple Pagoda

Artist / 作者
Niimi SNiimi Sei(水彩出典表示)
Date / 年代
Not set
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Heisei / jaodb
Digital record / 画像記録
232 × 600 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Japanese Art Open Database
Published by / 公開者
黒川トウマ
Rights / 権利
No reusable image license documented
Attribution / 表記
Japanese Art Open Database

Catalog note / 解説

Thursday, 1 October 2009 RARE PRE-WAR ORIGINAL SIGNED JAPANESE WATERCOLOR BY S. NIIMI. This painting was purchased by my mother while she was living in Sendai from 1935-1938. It is larger painting measuring approximately 4.5 inches by nearly 12 inches. Not much is known about pre-war Japanese painters since a much of Japan's history was destroyed during WWII. I do not know if S. Niimi survived the war to continue painting. Though my mother lived in Sendai, she frequently traveled about the country to Tokyo, Yokohama, and Kobe for example. Hence, I am not sure exactly where she purchased this watercolor. This watercolor has never been mounted, framed, or displayed. It has been in her steamer…

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