Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 138739

Suma beach

Artist / 作者: 不明
Date / 年代: 2006
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Heisei / jaodb
Digital record / 画像記録: 1200 × 791 px
Source collection / 所蔵元: Japanese Art Open Database
Published by / 公開者: 森川ミドリ
Rights / 権利: No reusable image license documented
Attribution / 表記: Japanese Art Open Database

Catalog note / 解説

Saturday, 23 July 2005 A good unframed colour woodcut of figures drawing water from a lake by moonlight. I don't know who the artist is as there are no seals at all, but on the reverse it states "printed by T HASEGAWA, TOKYO" (see photos). I have played safe by dating this to post 1940, but it may in fact be earlier, judging by the condition of the paper which is overall evenly time stained. There are a couple of minor rub marks in the sky (only visible when the print is tilted to the light) and some disturbance of the paper fibres around what I take to be stars to the left of the moon (if these are not stars then they could be tiny spots of white mould). There are also possibly a couple of…

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