Shin-Hanga
Ito Takashi, "Ferry at Odai, Mie"
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Odai sits along the Miya River in Mie Prefecture southeast of Osaka. Here, a woman is tending to her boat while a fire belches out a thick cloud of smoke. Beautifully contrasting colors showing the town of Odai off in the distance.
Date: 1922
Size: Oban
Early edition (ca. 1950s)
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo
Condition: Excellent/fine condition and color
Frame Shown: 16" x 24” x 1/2”, Classic Wood, Ebony
Ito Takashi (1894-1982) was not a prolific artist, but his association with Watanabe Shozaburo makes him one of the more notable artists of the shin-hanga period. His works are evocative of the romanticism at the height of shin-hanga.
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