An Exceptional Suite of Post-War Woodblock Prints
12 Original Wood Blocks in Color of Japanese Native Customs / Nihon minzoku zufu: Nihon hanga kyokai dojin rensaku jikoku hangashu /日本民俗圖譜: 日本版画協會同人連作自刻版画集.
First Edition. A groundbreaking suite of a dozen woodblock prints published immediately after the Second World War on inferior-quality materials, with images of seldom-depicted rural subjects rendered in sometimes crude but always expressionistic style. The artists participating in this project were some of the best-known of the postwar period: Saito.....
Price: $1,950