This 100% original, 1st edition antique woodblock print was hand made by Shiro Kasamatsu in 1954. 14.25 inches x 9.25 inches. Rarity is everything in wood block prints and this gem has been in a private collection for over 60 years. Please see my other listings coming up! Please look closely at the photos, satisfaction guaranteed. Guaranteed to be an original work. Styles of woodblock printing. Kasamatsu however took an interest in landscape and was given the pseudonym “Shiro” by his teacher. Kasamatsu made woodblock prints for the publisher Shozaburo Watanabe from 1919 until the late 1940s. All of the earlier woodblocks were destroyed in a fire in Watanabe’s print shop following the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. Around 50 prints were published by Watanabe by the late 1940s. Kasamatsu began to partner with Unsodo in Kyoto from the 1950s and produced nearly 102 prints by 1960. He also began to print and publish on his own in the Sosaku-Hanga style, producing nearly 80 Sosaku-Hanga prints between 1955 and 1965 (pencil signed and numbered editions). Shiro Kasamatsu is unique within modern Japanese woodblock printmakers in that he is equally well-regarded for both his shin-hanga and sosaku-hanga prints.
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Original 1st edition Japanese Woodblock Print Shiro Kasamatsu Snow at Matsushima
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Kunihiro Amano Japanese Woodblock Portrait Ltd Edition Nostalgia 12
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Thank you for viewing our listings of Japanese woodblock prints and related items. This listing is for a woodblock print by the noted Japanese artist Kunihiro Amano. Title is Nostalgia 12. To see images for best assessment and measurements. This pressing is a limited edition – #25/180 – and is in GOOD VINTAGE condition – please see images for best assessment. NOTE: in the last image I’ve set a well-sized frame to envision the print framed. The frame is NOT included with the print.
VTG Original Framed Japanese Wood Block Print Geisha Girl Flower Branch Signed
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Original Framed Japanese Wood Block Maiko Print Girl Holding Flower Branch. Framed size 12 x 15. Image size 7.5″ wide 10″ tall matted.