Room-6/Kikai Sosaku Prints/Kurita Yu,Tokuriki Tomikichiro,Sogao Takeharu,Nemoto Kagai,Miyamoto Kyoshiro,Ito Ken,

Kikai Sosaku-hanga
Japanese Creative Prints
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.Sasajima Kihei　(1906-1993 )
'White Rose'

.woodblock print　1957
.35.3 x 19.0 cm
.sealed
￥40,000

.Sasajima Kihei 　(1906-1993 )

' Late Summer '

.woodcut　1946

.38.8 x 51.3 cm　

.a.p.　signed in pencil

.\70,000

SASAJIMA KIHEI　(1906-1993)

1906

Born in the pottery town of Mashiko, Tochigi prefecture.

1936

He attended a course given by Hiratsuka Un'ichi and was fascinated with

the world of black and white woodblock prints.

1937

Hamada Shoji, a well-known potter living in Mashiko,introduced him to

Munakata Shiko, giving him the great oppotunity because he had always

admired Munakata's works for their feeling of incredible liberty.

1952

He joined Munakata Shiko and Shimozawa Kihachiro to form Nihon Hanga-in.

.Tomihari Koji

'Mt. Tsukuba'

.woodblock print　3/150　1983

.33.0 x 48.0 cm　signed in pencil

.￥30,000

.Watarai Junsuke　

'ON STAGE (A)'

.etching　15/50

.36.0 x 39.5 cm

.signed in pencil

￥30,000

.Tokuriki Tomikichiro　(1902 -2000)

'The Street before the Temple of the

'Great Buddha' (Streets of Kyoto)

.woodblock print　c.1930　

.13.7 x 19.7 cm　sealed and signed on

.woodblock　\30,000

.Tokuriki Tomikichiro

'The Sokokuji Temple from A Hundred Views of Kyoto'

.woodblock print　1970

.9/200　37.8 x 50.3 cm　

.signed in pencil

.\30,000

	.TOKURIKI TOMIKICHIRO　(1902 -2000)
	1928	Though he learned traditional Japanese painting under Tsuchida Bakusen,
		he turned to print making on encountering and being fascinated with the
		works of Kawanish Hide and Kawakami Sumio especilly after his master's
		death and after attending the courses provided by Hiratsuka Un'ichi in
		KYoto.
	1929	Among the co-attendants were Asada Benji, Asano Takeji, Kamei Tobei,
		Takahashi Tasaburo, Takeda Shintaro and Nakagawa Isaku, who estab-
		lished Kyoto Sosaku Print Association together with him and also started
	1931	a portfolio magazine Taishu Hanga

.Sogao Takeharu　(1899-1984)

'Winter Trees

(Views of Musashino)'

.etching　1936

.27.0 x 28.5 cm　

.signed in penscil

.\65,000

	.SOGAO TAKEHARU　(1899-1984)
	1915	Sogao learned in The Hongo Art Institute under Nagahara Kotaro and
		his oil painting was exhibited at a Kofukai Exhibition.
	C.1930	He started learnig etching techniques and, after the contacts with
		Nishida Takeo and Kon Junzo, made efforts to spread this new medium.
	1940	He was elected to attend the managing board of The Association of
		Japanese Etchers.
	1960	He joined Japan Hanga Association, which had been established by
		10 members including Munakata Shiko, Maekawa Sempan and Nagase
		Yoshiro.

.Tagawa　Ken　(1906～1967)

'Roofs in the shape of Flying Dragon'

.woodblock print　1964　

.32.2 x 38.1 cm　.signed ink and brush

.\50,000

	TAGAWA　KEN　(1906 -1967)
	1906	Born in Nagasaki.He moved to live in Tokyo in 1926.
	1926	When acquainted with Onchi Koshiro, he was fascinated with hanga.
	1928	He entered Kawabata School of Art and around 1932 started to make hanga.
	1933	He returned to his hometown and, in 1934, formed the group 'Hanga
		Nagasaki no Kai (Hanga Group in Nagasaki)'
	1940	He joined the Hanga Association.
	1941-42	During this period he lived in Shanghai and established Shanghai Hanga
		Association and Shanghai Studio for Hanga Art.
	1945	He returned to Japan (actually landed on a small island off the coast of
		Kyushu after drifting for 16 days in the East China Sea).
		He maintained long friendship with the poets, Horiguchi Daigaku and Kaneko
		Mitsuharu, and illustrated Horiguchi's translation work, 'Collected Poems
		of Guillaume Apollinaire' with woodblock prints.

	Bibliography	'Woodblock Prints of Tagawa Ken - 12th Mansion at Higashi-yamate, Nagasaki'
		Keishosha　1973

.Nemoto Kagai　(1898-1975)

'Sparrow'

.woodcut 　

.27.0 x 36.0 cm

.sealed 　

.\35,000

	.NEMOTO KAGAI　(1898-1975)
	1938	Nemoto became member of Japan Print Association and learned under
		Maekawa Sempan.
	1960	He joined Japan Hanga Association.

.Miyamoto Kyoshiro　(1915-1996)
.'Face'

.woodblock print　1961
.34.0 x 24.3 cm
.signed in pencil
.\45,000

	.
	.MIYAMOTO KYOSHIRO　(1915-1996)
	.1915	Born in Taiwan, he learned art under Kato Masao, who was poet and
		illustrator.
	.1960	He held his first solo exhibition at Chuo-koron Gallery and joined Japan
		Hanga Association until 1962.
	.1968-74	During this period he was member of the Print Group <Han> and aftter-
		wards exhibited his works mainly in solo exhibitions.


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