Kawakami Sumio (1895 - 1972)

Mt. Nantai snowscape

SKU: 06872

Kawakami Sumio (1895 - 1972)

Mt. Nantai snowscape

Name: Mt. Nantai snowscape
Brand: Kawakami Sumio
SKU: 06872
Availability: OutOfStock

SKU: 06872

Description Nantai yama sekkei - Mt. Nantai snowscape Paper size: 33 x 25 cm. Published in February 1940 from the series: Shin Nihon hyakkei - One hundred views of new Japan, self-published by members of the Nihon Hanga Kyôkai in an edition of approximately 50 copies between 1938-1941. See Helen Merritt's Guide to modern woodblock prints, pp. 271-2 for a discussion of the series.. Illustrated in Modern Japanese Prints: The Twentieth Century, The Carnegie Museum of Art, 2009, p. 70.

Condition Fine impression and condition. This print has a stamped number 24 and is still in its original folder as described by Merritt. In Japan Kawakami Sumio is held in much higher regard than in the West.