Shiro Kasamatsu, "Shinano Road"

One of the twentieth century's most celebrated woodblock print artists, Shiro Kasamatsu began to publish his own works in the late 1950s like many of his contemporaries in the sosaku-hanga movement. Here, a traveler with his horse walk in a snow storm. A spectacular design.

Date: 1964
Size: Oban (image approx. 9" x 15")
Edition: 12/200
Published by Artist
Condition: Fine; small tape evidence on verso
Frame Shown: 16" x 24" x 1/2", Modern Metal, Walnut

Shiro Kasamatsu (1898-1991) began his artistic career during the shin-hanga period and would go on to produce some of Japan's most recognizable woodblock prints. Starting in second-half of the 20th century, Shiro would go on to carve, print, and publish his own prints, making him an influential artist in the sosaku-hanga movement as well.