Japanese Woodblock Print Takeji Asano 1st Edition “Night Scene of Kitano Shrine” 1952 Unsodo Publisher. Dimensions: 16″H x 10.5″W. Item is in good condition with small crop on one edge but should not affect the print. Weights approximately 0.5 lbs. 12; Japanese Wood-block Prints , Shizuya Fujikake, Japan Travel Bureau, 1938 revised 1949, p. 190 and as footnoted. Asano Takeji was one of many cross-over artists who worked in both the. Born in Kyoto in 1900, he graduated from the Kyoto City School of Fine Arts and Crafts in 1919 and the Kyoto Municipal College of Painting in 1923. In 1928, he became interested in woodblock printing through a course offered at Gasendo in Kyoto, by. One of the founders of the. He was active in the formation of the Kyoto Sosaku-Hangakai (Kyoto Creative Print Society) in 1929 along with. In 1930, he participated with Tokuriki and Asada in creating the series. Creative Prints of Twelve Months in New Kyoto. Sosaku-hanga shin Kyoto junikagetsu. In the early 1930s he contributed to the magazine. Popular Prints , published by. Also in the early-30s he worked on a self-carved and self-printed set of views of the Kyoto area, two designs of which are represented in this collection. In 1947, he created the self-carved, self-printed series. Noted Views in the Kyoto-Osaka Area. Starting in the 1950s, Asano designed a large number of. Style prints for the. Company, which continue to be printed to this day. The item “Japanese Woodblock Takeji Asano 1st Edition Night Scene of Kitano Shrine 1952″ is in sale since Monday, December 08, 2014. This item is in the category “Antiques\Asian Antiques\Japan\Prints”. The seller is “1juan” and is located in Seattle, Washington. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Color: Multi-Color
• Maker: Unsodo Publisher
• Type: Woodblock Print
• Primary Material: Paper
• Region of Origin: Japan