Catalog record · 目録番号 99599

Snow at Nan-endo Temple

Catalog note / 解説

Japanese Woodblock by Asano ‘Snow at Nan-endo Temple’ (1950’s) A colorful snowscene titled in both Japanese kanji (left margin) as “Nan Endo Yuki” and in English at bottom as “Snow in Nan-Endo Temple, Nara” by Takeji Asano (1900-??). Asano, who also excelled as a carver, is known for having produced several series of prints depicting the Kyoto area of Japan. Bears artist’s signature of “Takaji ga” lower left corner of image. Print bears Unsodo’s Publisher’s rectangular seal in right margin along with the carver/printer seals of Okura/Shinmi. Print itself is undated, however Okura (carver) is known to have worked for Unsodo during the 1950’s, and Shinmi (printer) is currently in his 90’s and…

Image record / 画像情報

JAODB · 1950 · jaodb

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