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| Artist: | Ito Yuhan (1867-1942 Yoshihiko, Yasuhiko) — 伊藤 雄半 |
| Title: | Avenue of Cryptomeria, Nikko |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1930 (circa) |
| 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: | 47453 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Artist: Ito Yuhan
Title: Avenue of Cryptomeria, Nikko - Original Painting
Medium: Original Watercolor with Graphite Pencil
Edition: First and only.
Date: c.1930's
Publisher: The Artist
Reference No: Uncatalogued - original painting
Size: 13 -1/2 x 20 "
Condition: Very fine.
Notes: A seldom seen original watercolor displayed and sold through the little-known publisher H. Takemura & Co.; based in Yokohama, Japan.
This original painting displays similarities in color and design to the artists finished woodblock print titled, "Avenue of Cryptomeria, Nikko". This scene looks to be drawn from a different vantage point than the final print. |
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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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