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Estampe : Shiro Kasamatsu (1898-1991) – Brume du soir sur l’étang Shinobazu
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Shiro Kasamatsu (1898-1991) – Brume du soir sur l’étang Shinobazu L’étang Shinobazu est une pièce d’eau dans le parc d’Ueno de Tokyo. Le parc se trouve à l’emplacement du temple Kan’ei-ji, temple associé aux shoguns Tokugawa et détruit à la révolution de Meiji en 1868. L’étang Shinobazu est un endroit très célèbre de Tokyo et figure dans de nombreuses œuvres d’art dont de multiples estampes. 20e siècle, impression originale en 1932 – Impression de l’oeuvre : 1940s-1950s Format Oban.
Shiro Kasamatsu (1898-1991), Hazy Evening at the Edge of Shinobazu Pond A breathtakingly delicate woodblock print “Kasumu Yube, Shinobazu Chihan” (Misty Evening at Shinobazu Pond) by Shiro Kasamatsu. Very soft and subtle spring image. Superbly elegant composition. Title “霞む夕べ”(Kasumu Yube), subtitle “不忍池畔” (Shinobazu Chihan), and artist name “笠松紫浪”(Kasamatsu Shiro) on the left margin. This is a later printing (1946-1957) as denoted by the Watanabe 6mm seal (1946-1957) on the lower-left corner of the image. Shiro was born in Tokyo in 1898, and was apprenticed at the age of 13 to Kaburagi Kiyokata (1878–1973), a traditional master of bijin-ga. Kasamatsu however took an interest in landscape and was given the pseudonym “Shiro” by his teacher.