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| Artist: | Ito Yuhan (1867-1942 Yoshihiko, Yasuhiko) — 伊藤 雄半 |
| Title: | Cryptomeria Avenue, Nikko (given title; official title unknown) |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1930 (in the decade of) |
| 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: | 45906 |
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Ito YUHAN 1882-1951 - Japanese Watercolor Painting
Sunset at Cryptomeria Avenue, Nikko / 1930s
Ito YUHAN's painting style is always recognizable from across the room. He signed his watercolor paintings Y.ITO. He was a very successful landscape painter as well as a woodblock print artist. He created 10 woodblock images that were published by Nishimomiya Yosaku, 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. The colors are STRONG. This painting uses 'bokashi' shading in the sky and throughout the forest. There is a good perspective throughout the painting. The condition is EXTRA FINE with no mat line and STRONG color.
NOTED: The paper size is: 13 1/2 x 20 1/4 inches or 34.3 x 51.4 cm with the image being: 13 x 19 3/4 inches or 33 x 50.2 cm on heavy watercolor paper. |
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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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