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Shin Hanga
Temple Gate at Night
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Very little is known about the Japanese shin hanga artist Gesso Yoshimoto. But when the famous collector and art dealer Robert O. Muller passed away in 2003, he left in his collection a very large number of beautiful woodblock prints by this artist.

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Kacho-e and Landscape Prints

Known are a large number of landscape print designs and kacho-e (images of birds and flowers). They were published by Hasegawa and by Nishinomiya Yosaku. The designs are very well made from an aspect of craftsmanship and artistic composition.

Gesso Yoshimoto must have had an art training in traditional Japanese painting. He may even have been a painter, and his designs may have been transformed by professional carvers and printers into woodblock prints on commission of the publishers Hasegawa and Nishinomiya.

But we really do not know. This is a guess. The woodblock prints however make the impression as if they had been designed specifically for export, mainly to the United States and Europe. This was typical for the shin hanga art movement.

Gesso Yoshimoto Gallery

No more speculation! Instead we show you a number of fine examples of woodblock prints by Gesso Yoshimoto, grouped by different Japanese print sizes. The examples are prints coming from the estate of the late Robert O. Muller and sold by artelino in our online art auctions.

You can find these beautiful woodblock prints and more than hundred more with large images and full, detailed description in our archive of Japanese prints. Enjoy!

If you are not familiar with the names like tanzaku, mitsugiri, chuban and oban, take a look at our article about Japanese print sizes.

Dieter Wanczura
(June 2009)

Vertical Tanzaku Format - Gesso Hashimoto

Japanese Painting
Bamboo Forest in the Rain
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Japanese Prints
Sail Boat and Moon Light
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Woodblock Prints
Bird and Red Camellia
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Horizontal Mitsugiri Format - Gesso Hashimoto

artelino Art Auctions of Japanese Prints
Red Sunset
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Japanese Print Sizes
Torii at Miyajima
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artelino Art Archive of Japanese Prints
Birds and Mt.Fuji
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Chuban Format - Gesso Hashimoto

Robert O. Muller Collection
Two Swallows and Wisteria
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Robert O. Muller - 2 Years later
Bird and Persimmons
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Oban Size - Gesso Hashimoto

Robert O. Muller in 2009
Sparrow, Bamboo and Mt. Fuji
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Japanese Prints - Introduction
Blue Bird and Asters
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