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Horses in Pasture
by Sakamoto Hanjiro (1882-1969)

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	Artist:	Sakamoto Hanjiro (1882-1969)
	Title:	Horses in Pasture
	Series:	5 Views of Aso
	Date of first edition?:	Not set
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Unknown — 不明
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Unknown — 不明
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Oban
	Format (this edition):	Oban
	DB artwork code:	42859
	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: Monday, 21 February 2011 Help Title Horses in Pasture - Five Views of Aso Artist Hanjiro Sakamoto 1882-1969 Seal Artist's seal (Sakamoto) Dated 1950. Medium/Technique Woodblock print. Impression Very good … embossed. Colors Very good. Condition Good … light toning, a tear (1/2 inch long) on the middle of the right margin, lower right area creased, two nicks on the edge of the left margin. Description "Five Views of Aso: Pasture" "Houboku" Semi-abstract horses graze on the pasture at Mt. Aso. Hanjiro was a Western style painter who was renouned for his highly reduced-to-essense forms of horses. Here, his simplified colors and forms of horses blend in the surrounding rolling hills and the sky. Width Item 15.0 inches = 38.0 cm Height Item 10.6 inches = 27.0 cm Literature Merritt, Helen, "Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints; The Early Years", University of Hawaii press, 1990, - pg.101
	Artist Bio:	The artist Sakamoto Hanjiro worked closely with Yamamoto Kanae, the founder of the sosaku hanga movement in Japan. In 1956 he was awarded with the Order of Cultural Merits.