Title : Unknown title- XX Bridge — ?慶橋

Artist : Nouet Noel

Date : 1936

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Source : Japanese Art Open Database
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Description : Monday, 29 October 2007 NOEL NOUET Moat Bankei -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 1936, dated in print, this is a later edition published by Doi with Endo-Seki carver/printer seals Size: approx. 10.375" x 15.5" Condition: Fine, no flaws, uncirculated print, never framed Impression: Fine, very intricate key block (black) with very fine carving of the grasses, tight registration and good surface texture Color: Fine, deep saturated color and bleed through to verso ABOUT MOAT BANKEI This broad, gently curving stretch of water is still one of the most impressive reaches of the great inner moat of Edo Castle. Now known as Sakurada Moat, it was called Benkei Moat in Nouet's day and that name goes back to the time of Hiroshige who also made a picture of this place in 1856 which was included in his series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo. The change in the architecture between Nouet's version and Hiroshige's is striking, however the landscape remains mostly unchanged.

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