Antique Japanese Woodblock Print Postcard Kamei Tobei Sensoji Asakusa #P04

Very rare.

Artist: Kamei Tobei

Japanese-style painter Genbei Kamei died of liver cancer on March 11 at Kamigyo Hospital in Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto City. He died at the age of 75. His real name is Eiichi. The old name is Tobei. He was born in Yuasa-cho, Wakayama Prefecture on March 25, 1901, and went to Kyoto in 198 and was sent to Kosai Yamada. At first, he called himself Tobei and changed his name to Genbei in 1953. In 1932, he graduated from Kyoto College of Painting and continued to enter the Graduate School. He worked on creative woodblock prints earlier and presented his works at the Emperor Exhibition, Shunyokai, etc. The former has a "hairdressing room" (11th Imperial Exhibition), and the latter has "flower" (11th), "in the car" (12th), and "two kinds of camellia flowers" (13th). After 1936, he exclusively presented his works to Seiryusha, and was based here until the dissolution of the company in 1966. During this time, he was recommended by a company friend in 1942, became a company person in the same year, and has won many awards again. After the dissolution of the company, he founded the Oriental Art Association with his comrades in June of the same year, and exhibited the last work "Hanakago" at the 11th exhibition of the Tohou Art Association in 1977. In addition, it is also invited to the Japan International Art Exhibition and Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition sponsored by the Mainichi Shimbun, and the former has "Landscape" (3rd), "Typhoon" (4th), "Kaipan" (5th), and the latter has "Tani" (1st). In addition, many solo exhibitions are held in Kyoto, Osaka, etc. He was self-respecting Tatsuko Kawabata and showed his characteristics on the dynamic screen, which was also the style of his teacher.

Seiryusha catalogue

Condition: Please look at the photos to determine the age and condition of the postcard.

All damage such as stains, tears, bending, etc, are evident in the photos.