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| Artist: | Tokuriki Tomikichiro — 徳力富吉郎 |
| Title: | Water Wheel Cabin — 水車小屋 |
| Series: | 36 Views of Mt Fuji |
| Date of first edition?: | Not set |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Not Set |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Not Set |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 32890 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
| See here for full details of this remarkable series by Tokuriki. |
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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:
A lovely Japanese woodblock print, The Water-Mill, featuring Mt Fuji in the background. Tokuriki (1902-2000) was a well known Japanese artist popular in the fifties for his beautiful woodblock prints in subtle pastel colors. He continued an unbroken chain of family artists going back to the sixteenth century.
Approximate plate size: 11.3 x 16.2 inches
Image below shows print with lightweight paper mat on lightweight board. Print is lightly held in place on 2 spots on reverse of print...no damage to print.
Some discoloration on edges of matting, which does not affect print. Picture is a bit blurry because of photographer not because of rubbing.
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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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