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| Artist: | Ito Yuhan (1867-1942 Yoshihiko, Yasuhiko) — 伊藤 雄半 |
| Title: | Junks and Yellow Sky (given title; official title unknown) |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1920 |
| Date of this artwork?: | 1920s/30s (may not be accurate) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Self |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Self |
| Medium (first edition): | Watercolour |
| Medium (this edition): | Watercolour |
| Format (first edition): | Large Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Large Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 43241 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Up for sale from a recent client in Honolulu Hawaii this circa 1920’s Japanese watercolor on paper painting by Yoshihiko Ito (1867 - 1942) with a unknown title, that depicts two traditional merchant ships, one in the foreground and the other in the distance, sailing in the calm seas towards the unseen sun in the horizon that is signed Y. Ito.
Condition:
The condition was described by a Fine Arts appraiser as follows;
Colors somewhat faded and paper slightly toned, otherwise fairly good condition. Not glued down onto the backing.
Measurements:
Paper 19 ½ inches x 12 ½ inches
Frame 29 ½ inches x 22 ½ inches |
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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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