Formal Name: Rakuzan kacho-gafu “Sasanqua and Mandarin Duck”. Contents: First edition made by Rakuzan. Year of publication: 1929. Size 46×60cm(18×23.6 inch). Condition: There is light foxing in the margins of the illustrations. Rakuzan was born in Kyoto. When he was young, he studied under Takeuchi Seiho, a pioneer of modern Japanese painting and a representative […]
Formal Name: Rakuzan kacho-gafu. Camellia and mandarin duck. Contents: First edition made by Rakuzan. Year of publication: 1929. Slightly discoloration in the margin of the print. Rakuzan was born in Kyoto. When he was young, he studied under Takeuchi Seiho, a pioneer of modern Japanese painting and a representative painter of Kyoto painting. The woodblock […]
These both belonged to my grandmother and the other one has an envelope taped to the back with a photo inside. It is an original black and white photo of the artist with 2 of her friends. These make a beautiful set. These were professionally framed sometime in the late 60s or early 70s I […]
Kaoru Kawano studied at Kawabata art school in 1934. He exhibited at the Japan Print Society as early as 1944 but his career was interrupted by the war (he was a POW in Siberia). He resumed his career following the war, participating in numerous Japanese and international exhibitions. Noted for his semi-abstract images of women […]