Ohno Bakufu "Seiren-in Garden, Kyoto"

The tranquility of a Kyoto garden is wonderfully rendered in a rich palette of greens in this early-edition woodblock print. The fall colors gives the design colorful focal points and is contrasted beautifully with the stone bridge.

Date: 1952
Size: Oban
Publisher: Kyoto Hanga-in
Condition: Tape residue top margin, otherwise fine color and condition
Frame Shown: 16” x 24”, Modern Metal, Grey

Ohno Bakufu (1888-1976) was a painter who is well-regarded today for his still life and landscape themed woodblock prints. Best known for his "Great Japanese Fish Picture Collection" series produced in 1937-1941 in six volumes, of which the first editions are exceptionally rare, many of Bakufu's prints possess a distinctive style using vivid and rich colors.