Katsuyuki Nishijima - Contemporary Woodblock Kimono Shop at Hanayacho in Kyoto

Description

Katsuyuki Nishijima - Original Contemporary Woodblock. In a paper mount. Excellent limited edition print (32/500). Signed. In fine condition.

Katsuyuki Nishijima was born in 1945 in Yamaguchi Province of Japan. From 1964 to 1968 he studied the art of Woodblock Prints in the studio of the Mikumo publishing house in Kyoto as well as exhibiting his work with the Kyoto independent artists and in solo displays. From 1972 he focused his immense talents on limited edition woodblocks using traditional old buildings as his main subject matter. Katsuyuki Nishijima's woodblocks come in a number of formats and the larger sizes are limited editions of usually 500, all hand signed, titled and numbered but normally never dated. He has also produced a number of open edition woodblocks since the mid 1970s which are hand signed and titled and again not dated.

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Size

40 x 28cm (15.7" x 11")
Sheet: 43.3 x 31cm (17" x 12.2")