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| Artist: | Ito Yuhan (1867-1942 Yoshihiko, Yasuhiko) — 伊藤 雄半 |
| Title: | Pagoda At Ueno Park, Tokyo |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1950 (in the decade of) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Nishinomiya Yosaku |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Nishinomiya Yosaku |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 45282 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
| English title taken from a publisher label. |
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| Notes (this edition)?: |
| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
PAGODA at UYENO PARK WOOD BLOCK PRINT by YUHAN ITOH NISHINOMIYA & HASEGAWA SIGNED 1 of 3
"Ito Yuhan (1882-1951) was a landscape artist who designed several woodblock prints during the 1930's. His work was published by Nishinomiya Yosaku. He is best known for designing several views of Miyajima printed in blue tones. His prints are characterized by vivid colors and subtle gradations".
The subject here is of large trees, flanking a subtle image of a Pagoda. The artist Japanese character mark is in the lower right corner. Additional character marks on the left side, behind the matt. There are some more characters on the back of matting (see photo #14). The sticker on the back of mahogany wood backing reads "PAGODA AT UYENO PARK (TOKYO) by YUHAN ITOH .. NISHINOMIYA & HASEGAWA, INC. 17 KAMI NEGISHI, TAITO-KU, TOKYO, JAPAN". The printer information is similarly shown on the bottom and back of print; behind the matt.
The print is matted with silk fabric. It is a subtle green/gold color with woven floral design. The print is framed in black lacquer wood, with non-glare glass. The back of print shows bleed-through. The print is glued lightly, only on left side. The colors, while not exactly bland, are much more bold. One photo shows an extremely pink color; and this is not correct either. The closest photo to reality is the first photo. I love seeing the pagoda through the pink mist.
The actual picture measures 9" x 14". Framed, it measures 14" x 20". |
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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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