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Shirô Kasamatsu
Hongo Akamon no Yuki: Red gate at Hongo in Snow, 1935 [c. 1946 impression]
Woodblock (nishiki-e)
27 x 40 cm
10 5/8 x 15 3/4 in
10 5/8 x 15 3/4 in
Sanders of Oxford
Online only
Online only
£ 1,000.00
Artist Signature: Shiro Artist Seal: Kasamatsu Publisher: Watanabe Publisher Seal: Round Watanabe 6mm A lifetime impression of Shiro’s snow scene in front of the Red Gates at the Imperial University,...
Artist Signature: Shiro
Artist Seal: Kasamatsu
Publisher: Watanabe
Publisher Seal: Round Watanabe 6mm
A lifetime impression of Shiro’s snow scene in front of the Red Gates at the Imperial University, Tokyo. The scene shows The bright red gates to the right, standing out against its snow covered surroundings. Traditionally dressed female figures are seen to the left with open parasols, with two period dressed men passing through the gates.
Shiro Kasamatsu (1898-1991) was a student of Kaburagi Kiyokata and worked in Shin Hanga and Sosaku Hanga style. He started creating woodblock prints for the publisher Watanabe in 1919 and by the late 1940s he had designed more than 50 prints for Watanabe publishing house. In the 1950s he published bird and animal prints, landscapes and "famous views" with the publisher Unsodo - all together more than 100 designs.
Condition: Even light toning to sheet. Slight creasing to corners.
Artist Seal: Kasamatsu
Publisher: Watanabe
Publisher Seal: Round Watanabe 6mm
A lifetime impression of Shiro’s snow scene in front of the Red Gates at the Imperial University, Tokyo. The scene shows The bright red gates to the right, standing out against its snow covered surroundings. Traditionally dressed female figures are seen to the left with open parasols, with two period dressed men passing through the gates.
Shiro Kasamatsu (1898-1991) was a student of Kaburagi Kiyokata and worked in Shin Hanga and Sosaku Hanga style. He started creating woodblock prints for the publisher Watanabe in 1919 and by the late 1940s he had designed more than 50 prints for Watanabe publishing house. In the 1950s he published bird and animal prints, landscapes and "famous views" with the publisher Unsodo - all together more than 100 designs.
Condition: Even light toning to sheet. Slight creasing to corners.
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