August: The Bonfire festival of the Daimonji Hill viewed from the Sanjo Bridge. Kyoto artist, Tomikichiro Tokuriki created these stunning works of woodblock prints. Framed with: Tru Vue Conservation Glass. Conservation Glass protects artwork from damage caused by ultraviolet light. Engraved and Printed by UCHIDA WOODBLOCK PRINTING CO. The top of the frame has some slight scratches from time. Will not show when hung. While in college, Tokuriki began to work in. Printmaking, or “creative prints” printmaking established in Japan in the early 20th century. Like Modernism in the West, it was an art movement that broke away from rigid tradition and encouraged self-expression. Tokuriki learned the techniques of woodblock with the assistance of a master carver and printer, and joined the Hanga Association where he met other artists of the sosaku hanga movement such as Hiratsuka, Masao Maeda, Kihachiro Shimozawa and others. His work would run the gamut from Western-style Modernis to traditional imagery, with as much time spent on figurative works, erotic ex-libris, scenes from villages in Europe as well as Japanese imagery. To earn a living, Tokuriki also created. Japanese landscapes and popular scenes that appealed to tourists and wealthy collectors. Following World War II he established the Matsukyu Publishing Company, printing and publishing his own works as well as other sosaku and shin hanga artists. This helped secure his place in Kyoto as a leading contemporary printmaker and he soon exhibited throughout Japan and Europe, and in the 1960’s he opened several exhibitions of his artworks in major US cities Chicago, New York, Pittsburgh and Cleveland. In his hometown, Tokuriki lived in a 200 year-old house, where he had a large garden with cherry blossom trees. In his home he had a studio where he taught his students, and among them were students from overseas. Tomikichiro Tokuriki died in 2000. His work is held in the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York, among others. This item is in the category “Art\Art Prints”. The seller is “atomicupcycle” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States.
- Artist: Tokuriki Tomikichiro
- Unit of Sale: Single Piece
- Image Orientation: Portrait
- Size: Medium
- Signed: Yes
- Color: Multi-Color
- Material: Woodcut & Block
- Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
- Region of Origin: Japan
- Framing: Matted & Framed
- Subject: Festival
- Type: Print
- Year of Production: 1940s
- Item Height: 17 5/8th
- Style: Japanese Woodprinting
- Features: Framed, Matted, Signed
- Production Technique: Woodblock Printing
- Item Width: 16 3/8th
- Time Period Produced: 1925-1949