Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 94937
Moonlight Night (Cat)
- Artist / 作者
- Kasamatsu Shiro笠松紫浪
- Date / 年代
- 1958
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Showa / jaodb
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 411 × 600 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Japanese Art Open Database
- Published by / 公開者
- 星野アカリ
- Rights / 権利
- No reusable image license documented
- Attribution / 表記
- Japanese Art Open Database
Catalog note / 解説
Japanese Woodblock by Kasamatsu ‘Moonlight Night (Cat)’ (1958) A bold and semi-abstract nightscene titled in Japanese kanji (left margin) as “Tsukiyo” which translates in English as “Moonlight Night” by Shiro Kasamatsu (1898-1991). Bears artist’s signature/seal in lower left corner of image. Print bears Unsodo’s Publisher’s rectangular seal in left margin along with the carver/printer seals of Okura/Shinmi. Print itself is undated, however Dr. Andreas Grund’s fine Kasamatsu reference lists print (#U-88) as first produced in “Showa 33” or 1958. Additionally, Okura (carver) is known to have worked for Unsodo during the 1950’s, and Shinmi (printer) is currently in his 90’s and has long since s…
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