SHODA KOHO Ohashi Bridge at Atako antique Japanese woodblock print

Depicts a beautiful silhouetted night scene on Ohashi Bridge, lantern-lit by the vendor and travelers on the bridge. In the distance there is the silhouette of a lone boat on the water, and a far off lantern-lit village skyline. Shoda Koho was a Japanese artist associated with the shin-hanga (New Prints) art movement in Japan […]

Japanese Woodblock Print Kuniyoshi Demon, Oni, Ghost

TITLE; SHUTEN-DOJI AT MT. OE HAVING A PARTY. Shuten-dji is a mythical ONI or demon leader of JAPAN, who according to legend was killed by the hero MINAMOTO RAIKO. Although decapitated, the demon’s detached head still took a bite at the hero, who avoided death by wearing multiple helmets stacked on his head. Shuten-dji had […]