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| Artist: | Tokuriki Tomikichiro — 徳力富吉郎 |
| Title: | Nara Kofukuji Pagoda on an Early Spring Evening — 奈良興福寺塔早春夕暮 |
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| Date of first edition?: | circa 1950-1970 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Uchida — 内田 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Uchida — 内田 |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 31283 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
| There are both oban and double-oban-sized versions of this scene. The double-oban version was published as a limited edition of 100 by Shimada Art, and has no mountain in the upper right background. |
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| Notes (this edition)?: |
| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
THIS JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT, MEASURES:15" X 10 1/4". THE SUBJECT BEING A PAGODA TEMPLE EVENING LAKE SCENE. CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS & ARTIST SIGNED, UNKNOWN TO ME. THE PRINT HAS AN EXCELLENT VIVID COLOR IMAGE REGISTERY, GOOD BLEED THROUGH EFFECT TO THE REVERSE, SHIN HANGA STYLE, CIRCA:1950'S.
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| Artist Bio: |
TOKURIKI TOMIKICHIRO(1902 - 1999) - Tokuriki was born and raised in Kyotoand was influenced by the local art scene from childhood. He stayed in Kyotofor his entire career and was a leader of the Kyoto Sosaku Hanga. He graduated from the KyotoCity School of Fine Arts and Crafts and after that from the KyotoCity Specialist School of Painting. While he began his career in the painting field, he found his true calling in the woodblock print field and was enthusiastic about the reemergence of woodblock prints in 20th century Japanese art. He was influential in the development of new artists later in his career and set up his own publishing company called Matsukyu.
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