Mt. Fuji/Kikai Sosaku hanga

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Special Feature　Mt. Fuji

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Special Feature　Mt. Fuji

.Fukushima Ichiro

' Lake Motosu'

.woodblock print　47/75

.38.0 x 54.2 cm 　signed in pencil

.\50,000

.Azechi Umetaro　(1902-1999)

' Mt Fuji in Summer'

.woodblock print　

.24.1 x 32.7 cm　

.sealed on the block

.\150,000

.Azechi Umetaro　(1902-1999)

' Mt Fuji '

.woodcut　

18.3 x 17.0 cm

.signed on the block

.sold

	AZECHI UMETARO　(1902-1999)
	Born in Mima, Ehime prefecture in 1902, he started his career in the goverment printing
	office. ..At odd moments during work, he tried his own prints scratching and scraping the
	lead plate with nails and knives and printed them in printer's ink.
	He made up his mind to be an artist when he visited Hiratsuka Un'ichi with the finished
	products in hand and was highly praised for their outstanding quality..In 1927 his work
	was first exhibited in the 7th Exhibition of the Sosaku-hanga Association, and this led
	him to be acquainted with Onchi Koshiro, whose works made profound impressions on him.

	In 1937 when he saw Mt. Asama erupting he was astounded by the total energy and after
	this experience on, his efforts were focused on the main theme of 'mountain' or 'life in
	the mountains'.

.Hahegawa　Tomisaburo　(1910 -2004)

'Mt.Fuji'

.woodblock print　31.5 x 42.8 cm　

.signed in pencil

.sold


	HASEGAWA TOMISABURO　(1910 -2004　)
	Born in Hime City in 1910. On his graduation from The School of Education in Tottori pref.,
	he painted in oil while teaching in Kurayoshi. He learned during this period under two giants
	of Mingei movement, Yanagi Muneyoshi and Kawai Kanjiro, and made close friends with
	Munaata Shiko. In 1952 his woodblock prints were exhibited at the first exhibition of Nihon
	Hanga In. He was long devoted to simplifying his lines and forms. Though he empoloyed various
	techniques, his endeavor wa always directed toward the simplicity of the total outcome.

.Asano　Takeji　(1900 - 1998)

.The self-carved and printed

.series of 'Eight Views of Mt.Fuji'

.woodblock print　1943　22.9 x 33.5 cm　

.sealed in lower left margin

.\200,000 (for the set of 8 prints)

'Hakone'

'Kobuchizawa'

	ASANO TAKEJI　(1900 - 1998)
	Born in Kyoto in 1900, he learned Nihonga (Japanese-style painting) at Kyoto City School
	of Fine Arts. Though he took up Western-style oil painting for some time, he soon resumed
	his career as a Nihonga artist.
	In 1928 he attended Hiratsuka's seminar at Gasendo in Kyoto and then devoted himself to
	printmaking together with Tokuriki Tomikichiro, Asada Benji and Nakagawa Isaku.
	Stimulated by Kobayashi Kiyochika's series 'Famous Places of Tokyo', which he thought was
	full of realistic charm, he started his own version of 'famous places' series.
	He at the same time fully used his imagination for his sosaku hanga works. In his post-war
	years he advocated Jiyu Hanga (literally Free Will Print).

.Kanamori　Yoshio　(1922 -　)

'The Mountain beyond the Lake

<Mt.Fuji with Summer Flowers>'

.woodblock print　35.7x52.7 cm

.50/95　signed in pencil

.\60,000


	KANAMORI YOSHIO　(1922 -　)
	Born in Toyama Pref., Kanamori learned by himself the art of woodblock printing
	with 'How you can make hanga' witten by Nagase Yosiro as his only guide. He later
	learned from Munakata Shiko, while Munakata lived in Toyama. His theme moved
	from religious subjects and seasonal sketches to, around 1964, the mystical series
	of Mountain and Lake.

.Hiratsuka　Un'ichi　(1895 - 1997 )

'Mt Fuji from Yushima'

.woodblock print　1935

.30.3 x 40.5 cm

.sealed lower left

.\280,000

	HIRATSUKA UN'ICHI　(1895 -1997)
	Born in Matsue City in 1895. On the advice of Ishii Hakutei, his master in the fine
	arts, he learned the carving techniques under Igami Bonkotsu, a renowned carver.
	Hiratsuka himself was later called a master carver. .In 1921 his work was first
	exhibited in the 3rd Exhibition of the Sosaku-hanga Association.
	Throughout his long career he never spared any effort to promote this genre of art.
	He not only worked as a lecturer at the government academy, Tokyo School of Fine
	Arts, but he also started lectures and workshops throughout the country, thus cul-
	tivating the soil on which grew many talents. Among them we find Munakata Shiko
	as well as Azechi Umetaro, Maeda Masao and Shimozawa Kihachiro..The latter three
	were called the three outstanding talents in the Hiratsuka school.
	Un'ichi's passion for hanga never waned until his death at the age of 102 in 1997.

.Sasajima　Kihei　(1906 - 1993)

'Mt Fuji over Swift Clouds'

.woodcutt　1958

37.2 x 34.6 cm　29/100　

.signed in pencil

.sold

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.

.Kakihara　Toshio　(1893 -1960)

'Landscape'

.woodblock print　1935

.26.2 x 32.8 cm　signed in pencil

.\80,000


	KAKIHARA TOSHIO　(1893 -1960)
	He was one of Hiratuka's students. The catalogue of the 3rd Exhibition of the Japan Print
	Association says that he was born in Sendai in 1897, but our further research made in
	Sagamiko-cho, Kanagawa Pref., where he died, shows that his birth year was 1893.
	It might have been that he declared his age a little younger than he really was becuase
	he wanted to be among the younger artists he felt spritual kinship to. The portrait that
	Maeda Masao made of him is shown in 'Han News No.6 ' featuring Maeda Masao.


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