Vintage Shiro Kasamatsu woodblock print Shihori ca. Mid-Showa period
Shirani Kasamatsu Shirani Kasamatsu, who will celebrate the 30th anniversary of his death in 2021, studied Japanese-style painting under Kiyokata Kaburaki with Ito Shinsui and Kawase Tomoe Sui, and left nearly 400 woodblock prints during his lifetime. From around 1919, Shirani, along with Tomoe, published numerous woodblock prints at the Watanabe Print Shop, and attracted […]