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Kiyoshi Kobayakawa - 1897-1948 Modern Japanese Beauties.
Kiyoshi Kobayakawa was a contemporary of shin hanga artists like Hasui Kawase or Ito Shinsui. He specialized in prints of beautiful women. Thus he followed the tradition of the 'bijin' genre of the 18th and 19th century on one hand. But his images are a break with tradition by showing a new type of modern women who are dressed after the latest Western fashion, smoke and drink alcohol.
Kiyoshi Kobayakawa - Biography
Mount Fuji - seen by Toshi Yoshida Exceptional Shin Hanga Prints.
There are few Japanese printmakers, no matter if 19th, 20th or 21st century, who have not created at least one view of Mount Fuji, the sacred landmark of Japan. Among the woodblock prints of Mt. Fuji made in the twentieth century those by Toshi Yoshida are in my view outstanding for their beauty.
Mount Fuji on Woodblock Prints by Toshi Yoshida
Maiko Prints Beautiful Girls in Kimonos.
Japanese printmakers have always been attracted to show beautiful young girls. Maiko are geisha apprenctices, young and beautiful. Sadanobu III Hasegawa (1881-1963) made woodblock prints after world war II showing maiko beauties. They were published by Uchida in Kyoto in the 1950s.
Maiko Prints by Sadanobu III Hasegawa
Mount Fuji - seen by Hasui The Best of Shin Hanga.
Hasui Kawase is considered the best Japanese landscape printmaker of the 20th century. During his lifetime he made roughly 600 landscape woodblock prints. Out of these 52 designs are focused on Mount Fuji, the majestic landmark of Japan.
Mount Fuji on Woodblock Prints by Hasui Kawase
10 Types of Female Nudes Forbidden as Pornography.
The Japanese painter and printmaker Ishikawa Toraji, 1875-1964 created a series of ten voluptuous nudes title "Ten Types of Female Nudes". The Japanese authorities banned the series for its "pornographic" nature.
Female Nudes by Ishikawa Toraji
Shin Hanga Artists Shin Hanga Art Movement.
This page provides a list of major artists who designed or contributed to woodblock prints in shin hanga style in the first half of the twentieth century. The shin hanga activities were mostly centered in Tokyo, encouraged by the woodblock print publisher Shozaburo Watanabe. But also Kyoto and to a lesser degree Osaka were active in the shin hanga art movement.
List of Major Shin Hanga Artists
Soseki Komori - active 1920/30s Beautiful Kacho-e.
In the 1920s and 1930s Soseki Komori made wonderful woodblock print designs of birds and flowers (kacho-e). When the famous shin hanga collection of collector and art dealer Robert A. Muller came into the bright spotlight of art collectors, the public suddenly became more aware of Soseki Komori.
Woodblock Prints by Soseki Komori
Gesso Yoshimoto - 1881-1936 Shin Hanga Kacho-e and Landscapes.
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.
Woodblock Prints by Gesso Yoshimoto
The Robert Muller Collection in 2009 Where Have all the Fine Prints Gone?
When the collector and art dealer Robert O. Muller died in 2003, he left the largest collection of Japanese prints - mostly shin hanga - that the world has ever seen. A few art dealers who had a closer insight into this huge collection, were worried that the market for shin hanga prints would break down. It did not happen. Now, 6 years later, the part of the collection that was made available for the market is coming to an end and prices are going up.
About the Robert O. Muller Collection
Prints by Hiroshi and Toshi Yoshida Top Provenance.
We present a selection from a first-class collection of woodblock prints by Hiroshi and Toshi Yoshida. The collection will be auctioned from March 15 until March 18.
The Woodblock Prints Collection
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