YAMAMOTO KANAE (1882-1945)

GYOFU (FISHERMAN)

Details
YAMAMOTO KANAE (1882-1945)
Gyofu (Fisherman)
Woodcut, 1960, sealed Kanae, paper slip affixed to verso typed in English with title Fisherman, artist's name, dated in ink 1904, memorial edition 1960, printed by Hashimoto Okiie, tape stains on top and bottom edges
12.5/8 x 10in. (32 x 27.3cm.)

Lot Essay

In 1960 Hashimoto Okiie (1899-1993) produced a small edition of 40 prints from Yamamoto's original 1904 blocks. For the original edition see Ono Tadashige, Kindai Nihon no hanga (Modern Japanese prints) (Tokyo: Sansaisha, 1971), first color plate; Itabashi Museum, Taishoki no hangaten (Exhibition of Taisho-period prints) (Tokyo: Itabashi Museum), p. 95.

Another impression was sold in these Rooms, 2 November, 1996, lot 430.