Girl with Birds
by Ikeda Shuzo (b. 1922)

	Artist:	Ikeda Shuzo (b. 1922) — 池田修三
	Title:	Girl with Birds
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	Not set
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Self
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Self
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Postcard
	Format (this edition):	Postcard
	DB artwork code:	40608
	Notes (first edition)?:
	Notes (this edition)?:	The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies: Friday, 25 May 2007 “A Girl with Birds” by Shuzo Ikeda (1922 - present) Date: unknown Size: 12cm x 10.5cm/4 3/4" x 4 1/8" Publisher: Chiku Ho Do (Yokohama, Japan) Impression: Strong, crisp lines, tight registration. Color: Good bleed through, vivid colors and rich tones. Condition: Excellent. Please note the top part of the print is attached to the mount as shown in the last photo. Never been circulated. This nice little print is from a calendar by Chiku Ho Do, the woodblock printing centre in Yokohama, Japan. Chiku Ho Do specializes in Japanese woodblock printing, and has been trusted by, and printed for many great modern artists such as Umetaro Azechi and Fukio Kitaoka from their original woodblocks for over 50 years. Every year, Chiku Ho Do publishes this extremely popular calendar with twelve genuine woodblock prints. For those calendars, each month is carefully hand-printed from the ORIGINAL woodblocks in collaboration with the artists themselves. Since each piece is hand-printed, the number of calendars/prints is limited, and are very hard to obtain. This lovely piece here is by Shuzo Ikeda, featuring a girl with birds. It was originally a part of those calendars (the year of the calendar unknown).
	Artist Bio:	Shuzo Ikeda was born in 1922 in Akita prefecture. In 1945 he graduated from Tokyo Higher Normal School. After a few years of teaching the artist became a member of Nihon Hanga Kyokai and other Japanese artist associations and turned to woodblock printmaking ('moku hanga') as a full-time artist. Shuzo is known for incorporating the the grain of his blocks into his woodblock print images. 1922 秋田生まれ 1945 東京高等師範学校（現筑波大）芸能化卒 1955 教職を経て上京し、木版画に専念 1957 日本版画協会展出品・受賞 1959 現代版画コンクール展・受賞 1968 ビストイア版画ビエンナーレ展 1977 日本版画協会、退会　独自の活動を始める 1983年 池田修三木版展を酒田で開く。〔主な海外の版画展〕 アメリカ･オルゴン大学展、ニューヨーク･セントジェームス教会展、シカゴ･メンストリートギャラリー展、アメリカ･西北版画展、フィラデルフィア展、シアトル展、百点の日本現代版画アメリカ巡回展、イタリー･花のビエンナーレ展その他、ポーランド、ユーゴ、マニラ、イスラエル、フランス、中国等にて。