Shiro Kasamatsu Japanese Woodblock Prints

Great Lantern at Sensoji Temple, Asakusa 1934
15 1/4" x 10 3/8"
KAS27 $495
Artists seal, Early Lifetime edition with 6mm Wantanabe seal 1946-1957
Very good condition, paper toning,
toning line at margins, 2 pinholes left margin

Shiro Kasamatsu (1894-1992) began studying painting and woodblock printing with Kaburagi Kiyokata at the age of 13. He started creating woodblock prints for the publisher Watanabe from 1919 to the late 1940's, producing over 50 prints. When fire destroyed Wantanabe's workshop during the Great Kanto earthquake of 1923, his woodblocks were destroyed.

Soon after, he changed publishers to Unsodo in Kyoto, creating 102 prints in eight years. He later progressed to the Sosaku Hanga style, making about 80 prints. He covered a wide range of subjects, with intense colors and beautiful night, animal & bird scenes.

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