Lot Essay
For other impressions see Kappy and Marshall Hendricks, Tadashi Nakayama, His Life and Work (Bethesda, Md.: Irongate, 1982), nos. E, 65, pl. 10 and no.13, nos. 4, 53, 45, 56, respectively.
AKAI FUKU (WIND, RED CLOTHES) UMA TO CHO (HORSES AND BUTTERFLY) TOHO (SHIROI UMA) (WHITE HORSE [FACING EAST]) RIMBU (KAZE) (ROUND DANCE [WIND]) RAIMEI (THUNDERCLAP) SOMA (RUNNING HORSES)
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NAKAYAMA TADASHI (b. 1927)
Akai fuku (Wind, red clothes)
Uma to cho (Horses and butterfly)
Toho (Shiroi uma) (White horse [facing East])
Rimbu (kaze) (Round dance [Wind])
Raimei (Thunderclap)
Soma (Running horses)
Kura (Saddles)
Saifu (Colored wind)
Woodcut with metallic powders, each signed and dated in pencil in Roman script T. Nakayama and sealed Nakayama Tadashi or Nakayama on the verso, the first dated 1957, 25.3/8 x 16.5/8in. (64.5 x 42.3cm.); the second, dated 1964 and numbered 1/50, 17.7/8 x 39 (45.4 x 100cm.); the third numbered 3/50, 26.1/8 x 20.1/8in. (66.3 x 51.1cm.); the fourth dated 1958 and numbered 10/80, 16.1/8 x 21.5/8in. (40.9 x 54.9cm.); the fifth dated 1963 and numbered 1/80, 22.7/8 x 19.7/8in. (58.2 x 50.7cm.); the sixth dated 1962 and numbered 1/80, 12.3/8 x 25in. (31.4 x 65.4cm.); the seventh dated 1963 and numbered 1/80, 20 x 12.5/8in. (51.5 x 32.1cm.); the eighth dated 1964 and numbered 15/80, 16 x 7.1/8in. (42.5 x 18.1cm.), tape stains, the second and the sixth with slight creases (8)
Akai fuku (Wind, red clothes)
Uma to cho (Horses and butterfly)
Toho (Shiroi uma) (White horse [facing East])
Rimbu (kaze) (Round dance [Wind])
Raimei (Thunderclap)
Soma (Running horses)
Kura (Saddles)
Saifu (Colored wind)
Woodcut with metallic powders, each signed and dated in pencil in Roman script T. Nakayama and sealed Nakayama Tadashi or Nakayama on the verso, the first dated 1957, 25.3/8 x 16.5/8in. (64.5 x 42.3cm.); the second, dated 1964 and numbered 1/50, 17.7/8 x 39 (45.4 x 100cm.); the third numbered 3/50, 26.1/8 x 20.1/8in. (66.3 x 51.1cm.); the fourth dated 1958 and numbered 10/80, 16.1/8 x 21.5/8in. (40.9 x 54.9cm.); the fifth dated 1963 and numbered 1/80, 22.7/8 x 19.7/8in. (58.2 x 50.7cm.); the sixth dated 1962 and numbered 1/80, 12.3/8 x 25in. (31.4 x 65.4cm.); the seventh dated 1963 and numbered 1/80, 20 x 12.5/8in. (51.5 x 32.1cm.); the eighth dated 1964 and numbered 15/80, 16 x 7.1/8in. (42.5 x 18.1cm.), tape stains, the second and the sixth with slight creases (8)