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Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki, 1871-1945) — Pre and post-earthquake editions of Evening Shower at Takaido (Takaido no yudachi) | Taisho - Showa period, 20th century
Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki, 1871-1945)

Pre and post-earthquake editions of Evening Shower at Takaido (Takaido no yudachi) | Taisho - Showa period, 20th century

Takahashi Shotei's 'Evening Shower at Takaido' exists in both pre and post-earthquake editions (circa 1920 and 1930s), each a woodblock print with different artist seals. These works document Japan's artistic output across a transformative period in the 20th century.

Medium
each a woodblock print, the first with gourd-shaped artist's seal Shotei, the second with square artist's seal Shotei, both titled to the upper left as above, no publisher's mark but both published by Watanabe Shozaburo, the first circa 1920, the second circa 1930s

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Landscape to City: A Collection of 20th Century Japanese Prints

November 11, 2022

Estimate: $3,000$4,000

Lot 8

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Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki, 1871-1945), Pre and post-earthquake editions of Evening Shower at Takaido (Takaido no yudachi) | Taisho - Showa period, 20th century

Takahashi Shotei's 'Evening Shower at Takaido' exists in both pre and post-earthquake editions (circa 1920 and 1930s), each a woodblock print with different artist seals. These works document Japan's artistic output across a transformative period in the 20th century.

Medium
each a woodblock print, the first with gourd-shaped artist's seal Shotei, the second with square artist's seal Shotei, both titled to the upper left as above, no publisher's mark but both published by Watanabe Shozaburo, the first circa 1920, the second circa 1930s
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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

20th Century, Blue, Serene, Weather, Japanese, Ukiyo-e, Rain, Landscape, Nature, Woodblock Print

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