Series; Yamato Prints: Eight Views of Japan, 1928
Yamato-e Prints - The traditional Japanese painting style known as "yamato-e" dates back centuries to the Heian era. The Kyoto artist Matsuoka Eikyu is credited with reviving and modernizing the Yamato style in the 1920s and 1930s. In 1928, he and a group of Kyoto artists designed the series "Yamato Prints: Eight Views of Japan," featuring eight landscape woodblock prints, published by Shin Yamato-e Mokuhanga Kanko-kai. These lovely, painterly images are beautifully printed to capture the look and feel of the artist's brushstrokes and subtle gradations of color. Each print has a seal on the reverse with the publisher name, artist, title, and the name of the expert carver, Yamagishi Kazue. These prints are still mounted in the original folder as released by the publisher, accompanied by a text sheet in Japanese. Works from this series are rarely seen on the market, and we've never come across any with the original folders before. These beautiful designs are a great choice for a shin-hanga collector.
Artist - Yamaguchi Hoshun (1893 - 1971)
Image Size - Image 9" x 12 2/3" + margins as shown; folder 12 1/2" x 18 1/2"
Condition - This print with excellent color and detail as shown. Mounted on reverse along top edge of folder. Slight toning, one print has a few tiny spots. Please see photos for details. Generally in good condition overall.
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