Sakura and Black Carp — 桜に真鯉
by Bakufu Ohno (1888-1976)

	Artist:	Bakufu Ohno (1888-1976) — 大野麦風
	Title:	Sakura and Black Carp — 桜に真鯉
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	circa 1950-1955
	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):	Large Oban
	Format (this edition):	Oban
	DB artwork code:	38920
	Notes (first edition)?:	新版画　大野麦風　木版画「桜に真鯉」 紙サイズ：約２９ｘ４０．５ｃｍ １９５０年代の京都版画院版。 彫、摺りの絶妙なコンビによる逸品。
	Notes (this edition)?:	The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies: Saturday, 7 February 2009 Japanese Wood Block Print Carp Fish 1949 First Printing. A beautiful Japanese wood block print, the subject a pair of carp under a blossoming tree with falling petals, subtle ripple on the water which is accented with a silvery metallic ground, wonderful detail. Signed by the artist and with a publishers seal, also under the matt signed with further Japanese characters and printed “FIRST - PRINTING 1949” The actual print measures 16 ½ x 11 ¼ inches. Matt 19 x 13 ¾ inches. The print is adhered to the matt with tape
	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。