Nagasaki Kujukushima長崎九十九島
Date
1949
Credits
- Okuyama Gihachiro Artist
Format
- Print 243
Printers
Media
- paper 1341
Techniques
- printing 434
Dimensions
- Height
- 42cm
This large print on Japanese washi paper was made by artist Okuyama Gihachiro in 1949 with the collaboration of the printer Inomura Masanosuke. Okuyama Gihachiro was an artist known for shin-hanga and sosaku-hanga styles. This is one of the shin-hanga woodblock prints he created which has evocative colors and smooth gradiations. This piece is taken from the series “Landscape Prints of Japan”.
