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| Artist: | Ito Yuhan (1867-1942 Yoshihiko, Yasuhiko) — 伊藤 雄半 |
| Title: | Mt Fuji and bay (given title; official title unknown) |
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| Date of first edition?: | Not set |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Not Set |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Not Set |
| Medium (first edition): | Watercolour |
| Medium (this edition): | Watercolour |
| Format (first edition): | Not Set
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| Format (this edition): | Not Set |
| DB artwork code: | 40233 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Tuesday, 11 October 2005
YOU ARE BIDDING ON A GORGEOUS C. 1920 ORIGINAL JAPANESE WATERCOLOUR BY "YUHAN ITO". 1882/1951.
IT DEPICTS A LANDSCAPE OF TREES, HILLS, ETC . RISING UP TO MOUNT.FUJI IN THE FAR DISTANCE.
IT IS PAINTED IN A SOFT STYLE WITH BLUE/GREEN TONES IN PASTEL WATERCOLOURS. IT IS SIGNED IN THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER "Y.ITO". IT IS NOT GLAZED, BUT IS FRAMED AND MOUNTED [ THIS IS SCUFFED] AND NEEDS REFRAMING IT MEASURES APPROX 15 INCHES X 13 INCHES [INCL THE FRAME AND MOUNT] |
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| Artist Bio: |
Y. Ito or Ito Yoshihiku lived from 1867-1942. He studied first under Tamura Soritsu in Kyoto, graduated in 1888 from Kyoto Prefecture School of Painting and went to Tokyo to study under Koyama Shotaro briefly before entering Harada Naojiro's school, the Shobikan.
Ito Yuhan's painting style is always recognizable from across the room. He signed his watercolour paintings Y. ITO. He was a very successful landscape painter as well as a woodblock print artist. He created 12 woodblock images that were published by Nishinomiya Yosaku from the 1950's (not pre-war, according to the publisher Nishinomiya), signing them YUHAN. This painting is well done in a 'Western' painting style that started in the late 1880s when Japan opened its' doors to the West and its' teachers. The popularity of this style grew into the 'shin hanga' woodblock print movement at the beginning of the 20th century. His woodblock prints have either his signature in Western script ""Y Ito"" or in kanji. Those in Western script are the earlier (pre-war) editions.
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