Mt. Fuji from Yoshida

Artist Kasamatsu Shiro (Japanese, 1898–1991)

Date1958

MediumColor woodblock print

DimensionsSheet: 15 15/16 × 10 13/16 inches (40.5 × 27.5 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineGift of Jerry and Virginia Wright

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Prints
Color woodblock print
Japanese

Object number2015.044.006

Label CopyA student of Kiyokata Kaburagi (1878–1973), Kasamatsu Shiro was enjoying success as a painter of landscapes when his work was noticed by a Tokyo publisher, Watanabe Shozaburo. In 1919, Shiro began designing woodblock prints and continued to work for Watanabe for several decades, producing romantic landscapes that became especially attractive to Western collectors. In the late 1950s, Shiro struck out on his own and began carving and printings his designs in the manner of the sosaku hanga (creative print) movement artists. ("American Sojourns and the Collecting of Japanese Art," curated by Ellen Avril and presented at the Johnson Museum June 25–December 18, 2016)

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