Kawarazaki Shodo, "Wild Grape and Vine"

The Kyoto-based painter and printmaker Kawarazaki Shodo worked with Kyoto publisher Unsodo and produced a number of floral themed woodblock prints. True to life with a rich palette of colors, Shodo's print's are simple yet expressive and cheerful. In this first-edition print a grape vine is in full bloom and color, which has been expressed with bokashi (gradation) printing throughout.

Date: 1958
Size: Oban
First-edition
Publisher: Unsodo
Condition: Excellent/fine condition and color
Frame Shown: 16" x 24” x 1/2”, Modern Metal, Walnut

Shodo Kawarazaki (1889-1973) was born in Kyoto and specialized in the production of flower prints with Kyoto publisher Unsodo.