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| Artist: | Tokuriki Tomikichiro — 徳力富吉郎 |
| Title: | Kasuga Shrine — 春日神社 |
| Series: | 8 Views on the Yamato Road — 大和路八景 |
| Date of first edition?: | circa 1940-1960 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Uchida — 内田 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Uchida — 内田 |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Chuban
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| Format (this edition): | Chuban |
| DB artwork code: | 37500 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
| This scene was probably originally published for the series "Eight Views on the Yamato Road" in December 1942. It was also included in a later four-print series called the "Four Seasons of Nara" (circa late 1940s). |
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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:
Tuesday, 5 April 2005
GORGEOUS SETS OF 4 SEASONS TITLED " FOUR SEASIONS OF NARA " JAPANESE WOOD BLOCKS , THE SILK/CARDBOARD ALBUM THAT THEY CAME IN IS PRETTY WELL SHOT ALL THE PIECES ARE THERE BUT ALL SEAMS ARE TORN UP., THERE ARE 3 PRINTS THAT ARE NEAR MINT WITH JUST A TOUCH OF MOUNTING GLUE OR TAPE STAIN IN EACH COENER LOWER RIGHT AND LEFT ON EACH. THE FALL SCENE WITH DEER HAS A MAJOR TEAR AND TAPED REPAIR TO IT |
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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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