MIZUSHIMA NIHOFU. (1884-1958). Hibari-ga-oka
Artist:
Mizushima Nihofu (1884-1958)
Subject:
Hibari-ga-oka. A hunter carrying a gun followed by a dog.
Series:
Hanshin Meisho zue (Pictures of famous places in Hanshin). Print no. 27.
Signature:
Artist seal
Date:
Taisho 5 (1916)
Publisher:
Kanao Bunendō, Tokyo.
Size:
35x24 cm
Medium:
Woodblock color print.
Literature:
Charles H. Mitchell, Hanshin Meisho Zue a little known early shin-hanga series, in Matthi Forrer (editor), Essays on Japanese Art presented to Jack Hillier. London, 1982. Jack Hillier, The Art of the Japanese Book. London, 1987. pag. 1007-8. Scott Johnson. 'Sketch-tour Books and Prints of the Early Twentieth Century' in Andon 37. Leiden, 1991, pag. 28-30
Remarks:
Print no. 27 from the most famous and ambitious work of the "sketch- tour books" popular in Japan in the early twentieth century. The series comprises a table of contents, a map and 30 large-format woodblock prints of views of places in the area of Osaka and Kobe (Hanshin). The prints are the work of five artists: Akamatsu Rinsaku (1878-1953), Noda Kyūhō (1879 -1971), Hata Tsuneharu (1883 -?), Mizushima Nihou (1884-1958) and Hyōsai Nagai (1882-1945). The printing woodblocks and all copies in storage at the publisher’s house were destroyed in the great Kanto earthquake of 1923.
Conditions:
Good impression and colour, paper slightly toned, good conditions.
Item no:
F 138
Price:
Euro 120
Status:
Available