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Published by Fusui Gabo; for an alternate color version with a black cat, see 940824
Cat and Tomato
Hiroaki, Shotei, 1871-1945
Cat and Tomato- Artist : Hiroaki, Shotei, 1871-1945
- Date : 1931
- Medium : woodblock
- Item# : 940532
- Condition : Minor trimming
- Image size : 20 1/8 x 14 inches
- Illustrated : Shotei.com, pl. O-31
- Comments : Published by Fusui Gabo; for an alternate color version with a black cat, see 940824
- SOLD
About The Artist
Hiroaki, Shotei, 1871-1945Born in Asakusa district of Toyko. Original name Takahashi Katsutaro; used the art name Shotei 1907-1922, Hiroaki or Komei after 1922. Studied Japanese-style painting with his uncle Matsumoto Fuko. In 1891 with Terazaki Kogyo organized Japan Youth Painting Society (Nihon Seinen Kaiga Kyokai). Illustrated textbooks and newspaper novels. Began designing woodblocks for Watanabe Shozaburo for export in 1907 and produced about 500 prints before September 1923. The blocks for all were destroyed .....
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Cat and Tomato
$16,500.00
Published by Fusui Gabo; for an alternate color version with a black cat, see 940824
1 in stock
