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Hisui Sugiura 1876-1965 - Muse - Collection of Creative Designs by Hisui

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Muse - Collection of Creative Designs by Hisui
by Hisui Sugiura 1876-1965

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Date Sold	Monday, November 26, 2007

Title	Muse - Collection of Creative Designs by Hisui
	Before W.W.II
Artist	Hisui Sugiura 1876-1965
Description	Page no. 19 from the album, "Hisui sosaku Zu'an Shu" (The Collection of Creative Designs by Hisui). These Art Nouveau style designs were very popular in late Meiji - Taisho era. Hisui SUGIURA was the leading member of the modern Japanese graphic art movement. In which, he tried to cultivate the Japanese original graphic art instead of merely imitating the Western Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles. He established the graphic art departments at The Tama Art College and The Musashino Art College. He stated in the preface of this album that it included the new designs as well as his old designs. Because the most of his old designs had been lost by the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923, he wanted to preserve the memories of his old favorite designs.
Signature	"Hisui Sosaku Zuan Shu" printed on the bottom of the page.
Dated	1926 (Taisho 15).
Publisher	Bungado (Matsudaira Suegoro).
Medium/Technique	Woodblock print.
Impression	Very good ... Printed on a thin paper and pasted on an album paper.
Colors	Very good.
Condition	Very good ... Paper toning, light foxing, the margins soiled.
Note	Woodblock carver Yamagishi Kazue and Ogura Wasaburo. Woodblock printer Nishimura Kumakichi. Lithograph printer Nakamura Katsuzo. Metal plate carver Hikozaka Yoshiharu.
Width Item	11.0 inches = 28.0 cm
Height Item	14.4 inches = 36.5 cm
Width Image	7.1 inches = 18.0 cm
Height Image	9.1 inches = 23.0 cm

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