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Hasui Kawase and Shin Hanga - 1102  open    Lyrical Landscape

Start    Thursday, May 23, 2013 8:00:01 PM
End    Sunday, May 26, 2013 8:00:00 PM
Early Bird: 15% commission instead of 20% if you place 5 bids within the first 36 hours in this auction.

Hasui Kawase's colleague, Shinsui Ito, called him, "Lyrical Traveller". His landscapes, often evening or snowy scenes, evoke the beautiful memories in the past. The quiet, peaceful landscapes he so masterfully created impress the viewer's mind the qualities forever lost in the modern society.
-- You Tube Video -- Nice highlights of Toshogu Shrine in Nikko (IN the Auction : Nikko Kaido by Hasui).
Hasui Kawase, Modern Master  |  Auction Catalog

Japan Print Association Series - 1103  coming    Japan Print Association : The Best of Contemporary Japanese Prints

Start    Sunday, May 26, 2013 8:00:01 PM
End    Thursday, May 30, 2013 8:00:00 PM
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Japan Print Association (Nihon Hanga Kyokai) was established in 1931. Since then, it has been active in promoting the contemporary Japanese print artists through countless exhibitions and international exchange group shows.
Between 1989 and 1998, the association launched an ambitious project , "One Hundred Views of Tokyo: Message to the 21st Century", to record the changing aspects of the international megalopolis, Tokyo, in 100 prints by 100 artists.
The prints expressed yearly changes of Tokyo through the individuality and artistic sensitivity of each artists. The prints represented also the best in the diverse printing techniques of the modern printing art.
Message to the 21st Century

Japanese Prints - 1104  coming    Magic of Art

Start    Thursday, May 30, 2013 8:00:01 PM
End    Sunday, June 2, 2013 8:00:00 PM
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Works by leading artists from Edo era to contemporary.-- In This Auction -- We featured Bakufu Ono's famous and coveted fish series, "Dai Nippon Gyorui Gashu", first edition. Not only the fish ensusiasts, but also the woodblock print collectors can marvel the beauty of the fish in natural environment and the highest woodblock printing skills ever achieved, which unfortunately seem to be forever lost.
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