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Village Child — 村童
by Tomokazu (maybe Kikuchi Tomokazu 1912-1993 or Yuichi Kikuchi active 1950s) Yuichi

Original caretaker of this artwork: Yahoo Auction, Japan

	Artist:	Tomokazu (maybe Kikuchi Tomokazu 1912-1993 or Yuichi Kikuchi active 1950s) Yuichi — 菊池 友一
	Title:	Village Child — 村童
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	1956
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Not Set
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Not Set
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Oban
	Format (this edition):	Oban
	DB artwork code:	43858
	Notes (first edition)?:	Probably published by Adachi.
	Notes (this edition)?:	The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies: 「絵画・現代版画・村童・作者名-友一・木版画です」 作品は横26cm×縦39cmです・額はありません・時代は昭和31年作 Japanese woodblock print, Yuichi Kikuchi, Village Child in Snowfall, 1956. Beautiful condition, still in its original folder, never framed. Yuichi Kikuchi (sometimes referred to as Yuichi Tomokazu) was most active in the 1950s; his prints were published by Adachi, and they are among the finest of shin hanga prints in terms of composition, carving and printing quality. It measures about 15.5 x 10.5” image size, plus full margins. Sealed with the artist’s red seal. Still in its original folder, never framed (tipped at two corners to the folder, not laid down); the folder has some foxing, but the print has virtually none (a very tiny bit of faint foxing to the margin only, virtually unnoticeable; I am being realllllly nitpicky here!). The background is printed with silver metallic pigment, a very lovely effect. I have happened upon his prints only a couple of times in my seven years in Japan, and thus I think they are quite rare nowadays.