Title : A Yangban- Korean Official

Artist : Kawase Hasui

Date : 1935

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Description : Saturday, 29 November 2008 Catalog ID: 7555 Artist: Kawase Hasui Title: A Yangban (Korean Official) Print Type: Original Japanese Woodblock Print Edition No: First and only Date: 1935 Publisher: Shiota Takezo Reference No: Hotei #357 Size: 17 x 12 " Large Oban Format Condition: Very fine. Notes: Strong baren swirls on the background and fine, cross-hatched, blind-stamped embossing on the gentleman's white robe. Specially commissioned by Shiota Takezo in San Francisco. It would seem as if few examples of this design were produced, as it is seldom seen and is scarce. "Yangban", literally, ''Two Orders'', were an elite class of civil and military government officials in Korea, principally during the Choson period (1392-1910)

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