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| Artist: | Tokuriki Tomikichiro — 徳力富吉郎 |
| Title: | Sakon Cherry Tree seen through Gekka Gate |
| Series: | Kyoto Gosho — 京都御所 |
| Date of first edition?: | 05/05/1950 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Not Set |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Not Set |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Koban
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| Format (this edition): | Koban |
| DB artwork code: | 47887 |
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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:
Description
Artist: Assorted Artists
Title: Kyoto Gosho Colour Woodcuts
Date: c. 1950s
Medium: Japanese woodblock print
Image Size: 4 x 6 inches
Notes: Set contains 4 prints depicting scenes from the Kyoto Imperial Palace in a paper folio; artists are: Tomikichiro Tokuriki: Sakon Cherry-Trees seen through Gekka Gate, Eiichi Kotozuka: Shishinden, Kamei Tobei: Sakaimich Gate, and Unidentified: Seiryoden; each print has a tissue overlay attached to the left edge with a description of the scene in Japanese and English; dimensions shown are approximate image size of each print
Condition
Folio cover is extensively worn and torn at edges |
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| Series Information: |
| I have seen one example dated to 1949 (unconfirmed). There is also an edition with confirmed dating to May 5th, 1950. |
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| Artist Bio: |
TOKURIKI TOMIKICHIRO(1902 - 1999) - Tokuriki was born and raised in Kyotoand was influenced by the local art scene from childhood. He stayed in Kyotofor his entire career and was a leader of the Kyoto Sosaku Hanga. He graduated from the KyotoCity School of Fine Arts and Crafts and after that from the KyotoCity Specialist School of Painting. While he began his career in the painting field, he found his true calling in the woodblock print field and was enthusiastic about the reemergence of woodblock prints in 20th century Japanese art. He was influential in the development of new artists later in his career and set up his own publishing company called Matsukyu.
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