Chinese Peony and Bee — 芍薬に蜂
by Bakufu Ohno (1888-1976)

	Artist:	Bakufu Ohno (1888-1976) — 大野麦風
	Title:	Chinese Peony and Bee — 芍薬に蜂
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	1949
	Date of this artwork?:	1950s (may not be accurate)
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Kyoto Hanga-In — 京都版画院
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Kyoto Hanga-In — 京都版画院
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Oban
	Format (this edition):	Oban
	DB artwork code:	36565
	Notes (first edition)?:
	Notes (this edition)?:	The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies: This excellent example of a shin hanga Japanese woodblock print is by Bakufu Ohno (1888-1976). I do not know the title of the print. Various web sources list its first date of publication as before 1951 and the publisher as Kyoto hanga-in. I do not know if this is a first edition of this print. This print is signed "B Ohno" in the lower right and his seal is there also. I believe the left margin contains the publisher’s seal. the print measures 14 1/4" x 9 1/4" image (15 3/8" x 10 3/8" sheet). I do not believe it has been trimmed. If it has, it is only the lower margin which is a little small. The print looks lightly faded because there is a line 1/16" from the top of the image which is very slightly darker blue than the rest of the sky. But the colors in general seem pretty strong. There is a small rub about 1" down from the upper margin, above the bee.
	Artist Bio:	Bakufu Ohno (1888-1976) was born in Tokyo. He moved to Kansai after the great Kantou earthquake in 1923. Ohno exhibited oil paintings at Teiten in 1929. He was an honorary member of the Hyogo Prefecture Academy of Fine Arts, and a member of Taiheiyogakai. Ohno produced many landscape and fish prints, including the Great Japanese Fish Picture Collection (Dai Nihon gyorui gashu) in 1940, which was published by Kyoto Hanga-in; blocks were carved by Matsuda and Kikuda, printed by Shinagawa, Nagae, Uchida and Ohno. 大野麥風（1888-1976、本名：要蔵）は、東京で生まれ、初めは長原孝太郎の指導を受け、洋画を学びました。1909年の第3回文部省美術展覧会で画壇に登場してからは、白馬会・太平洋画会・光風会などにも出品したものの、やがて、洋画から日本画に転向し、1919年の第1回帝国美術院展覧会では、日本画で入選しています。 さらに、木版画を手がけるようになった麥風は、1937年に西宮書院(現在の京都版画院)から出版された代表作 『大日本魚類画集』で、原画を担当し、当代一流の文化人の協力を得て、「原色木版二百度手摺り」といわれる色鮮やかな木版画集を生み出しました。会員制度で頒布されたこの500部限定の木版画集は、1944年まで各回12点、6期に分けて断続的に刊行され、麥風は水族館では飽き足らず、和歌浦沖で潜水艇に乗り、魚の生態を観察し、細部にまでこだわった作品を作り上げました。