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Kawakami Sumio (1895 - 1972)

Nanbanesque behaviour

SKU: 10173
Kawakami Sumio (1895 - 1972)

Nanbanesque behaviour

SKU: 10173
Description Nanbanburri - Nanbanesque Behaviour Paper size: 46.5 x 63.5 cm. Printed on mustard-coloured paper in 1955. Most of the colours are hand-applied, therefore no two prints of this design are identical.
Condition Fine impression and colours, very good condition One of the best-known post WWII s�saku hanga prints. This image was used by Helen Merritt for the dust-jacket of her book Modern Japanese woodblock prints. This print exists in various editions. The one shown here comes closest to the one shown in Kawakami Sumio, Shi to e no sekai - Kawakami Sumio, World of poetry and prints, Kanuma Municipal Art Museum of Kawakami Sumio, 1995, page 57.