Lot Essay
For another impression see Takahashi Seiichiro et al., Kindai Nihon hanga taikei (Compendium of modern Japanese prints), vol. 1 (Tokyo: Mainichi Shimbunsha, 1976), pl. 50.
KARASAKI, FROM THE SERIES OMI HAKKEI (EIGHT VIEWS OF OMI)
Details
HIRATSUKA UN'ICHI (1895-1997)
Karasaki, from the series Omi Hakkei (Eight views of Omi)
Woodcut, 1927, signed in pencil in Roman script Un-ichi Hiratsuka and dated 1927, titled as above in Japanese and in pencil in English Eight Sights of Omi, Karasaki, artist's name printed right margin Hiratsuka Un'ichi jikoku (self-carved), sealed in Japanese Un, numbered 50/100, from the series Omi hakkei (Eight views of Omi), slight tape stains along top and bottom edges
10.7/8 x 14.7/8in. (27.6 x 37.8cm.)
Karasaki, from the series Omi Hakkei (Eight views of Omi)
Woodcut, 1927, signed in pencil in Roman script Un-ichi Hiratsuka and dated 1927, titled as above in Japanese and in pencil in English Eight Sights of Omi, Karasaki, artist's name printed right margin Hiratsuka Un'ichi jikoku (self-carved), sealed in Japanese Un, numbered 50/100, from the series Omi hakkei (Eight views of Omi), slight tape stains along top and bottom edges
10.7/8 x 14.7/8in. (27.6 x 37.8cm.)
Provenance
Purchased from the artist