A Craftsman's Life | Set of 3 Books of Wood Block Prints
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The Craftsmen’s Life: Heaven-Earth-Man. A series of 24 woodblock prints in 3 volumes by Kubota Besai, based on two screens painted by Kano Yoshinobu
The original art screens are designated as Important Cultural Properties of Japan.
The six-panel folding screen, housed at Kitain Temple 喜多院 in Kawagoe
City 川越市, Saitama Prefecture 埼玉県, and created by Kano Yoshinobu
狩野 吉信 (1552-1640), features 24 paintings depicting 25 different occu-
pations (created around 1615) depicting the lives of artisans in the Kyoto region during the Momoyama period.
Woodblock Print Artist Biography:
【久保田 米斎】Kubota Beisai (1874-1932)
A Japanese painter from the Meiji to Showa eras. He moved to Tokyo
with his father, who became a journalist for the Kokumin Shimbun
newspaper 国民新聞. He first studied Western painting under Harada
Naojiro 原田 直次郎(1863-1899), before moving on to learn Japanese
painting under Hashimoto Gaho 橋本 雅邦(1835-1908).
- 3 Volumes
- Published 1918
- Ink on Paper
- Print size: 14.875” x 9.875” (length, width) each
- 13" x 17.75" x 0.5" (width, height, depth) each book
- SKU: BK-0645
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