Catalog record · 目録番号 80591
Wedding Rocks
Catalog note / 解説
Woodblock: Tokuriki Wedding Rocks 14.25"x9.25" plus margins Tomikichiro Tokuriki designed woodblock prints for two distinct genre: shin hanga and sosaku hanga. Shin hanga are very representative and tend to deal with traditional Japanese settings and costumes whereas sosaku hanga are more impressionistic making no pretense of photorealism. Before World War II Tokuriki produced prints for Uchida, Kyoto Hanga and Unsodo. After the war he established his own publishing company to produce his prints. Some of these post World War II prints are self-carved and self-printed. This print is of the Wedding Rocks. The rope ties together (weds) the two rocks which are or represent the rock dieties Izan…
Image record / 画像情報
Artelino · Ca. 1950s. · artelino
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