HAND SIGNED BY THE ARTIST IN PENCIL IN THE BOTTOM MARGIN. This print was made from the original woodblocks. Teruhide Kato had studied at Kyoto Art College. He was a famous kimono fashion designer. When he was 50 years old, he decided to follow his real passion, and became a traditional Kyoto woodblock artist. Success […]
Tsuchiya Koitsu was born under the name of “Koichi” in Hammamatsu in the Japanese countryside. He went to Tokyo. At the age 15 and had apprentice with Matsuzaki, a engraver who worked for Kobayashi Kiyochika. , an artist famous for his genre scenes and military prints. But instead of staying with the engraver, Koitsu joined […]
Hiroshige (1797 – 1858) Japanese Woodblock Reprint. Naruto Whirlpool, Awa Province. From the series Views of Famous Places in the Sixty-Odd Provinces. Artist – Hiroshige (1797 – 1858). Size : Oban Tate-e Large size 15.5 x 10.6 inches include margins. On the faster side during off peak traveling seasons and slower and more unpredictable during […]