Tanaka Ryohei, "House with Shoji"

Peering through an intricate design on the front gate, a house with a shoji door can be seen slightly ajar. The woodgrain of the gate adds a nice textural detail of the subject's framing.

Date: 1981
Size: Approx. 11.5" x 9" (image); 15" x 13" paper
Edition: 118/130
Condition: Fine/excellent

Tanaka Ryohei (1933-2019) achieved worldwide recognition for his intricately detailed etchings of rural Japan. Some of his most recognized compositions show farmhouses and the thatched-roofs that dominate Japan's countryside. And the fineness in the details of the trees he incorporates into his compositions adds to the allure of his works.