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Noel Nouet Woodblock Kagurazaka, Tokyo
Noel Nouet Woodblock Kagurazaka, Tokyo
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  • Artist: Noel Nouet
  • Title: Kagurazaka, Tokyo
  • Publisher: Doi
  • Date: 1937, dated in print, with Endo-Seki printer/carver seals which isn't often seen
  • Medium: Japanese woodblock print
  • Size: 10.5 x 16 inches
  • NESTLED IN THE northeastern part of Shinjuku ward in Tokyo, Kagurazaka is a quiet and pleasant shitamachi area, little visited by tourists. The two points of interest are the Buddhist Zenkoku-ji Temple, and the Shinto Akagi Jinja shrine. Kagurazaka also has plenty of restaurants, cafes and small shops, and surprisingly French restaurants abound, which must have been the reason that the Frenchman Nouet found his way there and created this composition of old Tokyo.

    Noel Nouet was a French artist who designed several prints of Tokyo landscapes. Little is known about Nouet's formative years. During the 1930's and 40's, he worked as the director of La Maison Franco-Japonaise and was a lecturer at Tokyo University. In 1935, Nouet began collaborating with the Tokyo publisher Doi Teiichi. His first woodblock prints were monochrome, based on his pen and ink sketches. These prints include "Gate of Zozoji Temple" and "Kikyo Gate of the Emperor's Palace". In 1936, Doi and Nouet produced a series of color woodblock prints called "Ten Views of Tokyo". All of these prints are signed and dated in English within the image. In 1946, Nouet published a book of his drawings called Tokyo: Fifty Sketches. He also wrote several books on Japanese history.

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