Koho Shoda: Woman Reaching for a Blossom Woodblock
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Description
Japanese Woodblock Print, c.1930 published by Nishinomiya
SIZE IN INCHES: tanzaku, 3.5 x 15.5
PROVENANCE: From the Robert O. Muller estate.
SHODA KOHO (1871-1946) was a Japanese woodblock print artist working with the Hasegawa Print Co. (later called Nishinomiya Print Co). He primarily produced landscape prints in the shin-hanga style. Little is known about his personal life, and even the dates of his birth and death are not certain. However, his work can be dated to the decade of 1910 to 1920. His work was largely unknow until the early 2000's when after the death of Robert O. Muller (the most important American Japanese Woodblock print collector and purveyor of the 20th century) a large number of Koho's print designs were discovered in Muller's estate.
SIZE IN INCHES: tanzaku, 3.5 x 15.5
PROVENANCE: From the Robert O. Muller estate.
SHODA KOHO (1871-1946) was a Japanese woodblock print artist working with the Hasegawa Print Co. (later called Nishinomiya Print Co). He primarily produced landscape prints in the shin-hanga style. Little is known about his personal life, and even the dates of his birth and death are not certain. However, his work can be dated to the decade of 1910 to 1920. His work was largely unknow until the early 2000's when after the death of Robert O. Muller (the most important American Japanese Woodblock print collector and purveyor of the 20th century) a large number of Koho's print designs were discovered in Muller's estate.
Condition
Fine, no flaws. Uncirculated print.
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Koho Shoda: Woman Reaching for a Blossom Woodblock
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