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| Artist: | Ito Yuhan (1867-1942 Yoshihiko, Yasuhiko) — 伊藤 雄半 |
| Title: | Fishing at the Tone River in the Evening |
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| Date of first edition?: | circa 1920-1940 |
| 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: | 44701 |
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This very good Japanese watercolor by Y. Ito. It is a scene along the Tone River, north of Toyko, depicting fishing in the evening during cherry blossom season (cherry blossoms to the right) displays stunning yet subtle evening color. This numbered piece (#13) is signed by Y. Ito in the bottom right corner.
Ito Yoshihiku lived from 1867-1942 and was a Western-style painter. Yoshihiku first studied under Tamura Soritsu in Kyoto. He graduated in 1888 from the Kyoto Prefecture School of Painting and went to Tokyo where is worked for a while with Koyama Shotaro adn then entered the Shobikan School. Yoshihiku also helped organize the Kansai Art Academy where he later became its Director.
This original watercolor measures roughly 19.5" wide by 13" high on paper with margins all around. The production number is scene in the bottom left corner.
This watercolor has been authenticated by Oriental Antiques and Art Appraisals of Orange, California. |
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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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