Japanese Woodblock Print, 1930s, Village in Winter with Crows

SIZE IN INCHES: ohosoban, approx.15 x 6.9 inches

PROVENANCE: from the Robert O. Muller eatate

YAMAMOTO SHOUN (1870-1965), who is also known as Matsutani Shoun, was a Japanese print designer, painter, and illustrator. He was born in the city of Kochi in Kochi Prefecture, into a family of retainers of the shogun and was given the name Mosaburo. As a teenager, he studied Kano school painting with Yanagimoto Doso and Kawada Shoryu. At about age 17, he moved to Tokyo, where he studied Nanga painting with Taki Katei. At 20 years of age, he was employed as an illustrator for Fugoku gaho, a pictorial magazine dealing with the sights in and around Tokyo. In his latter career, ShÅun primarily produced paintings. He died in 1965, at the age of 96.

In addition to his magazine illustrations, Shoun is best known for his woodblock prints of beautiful women and a group of humorous shikishiban (prints about 7 by 8 inches). Shoun is considered a bridge between ukiyo-e and shin hanga. His career spans the Meiji (1868-1912), Taisho (1912-1926) and Showa (1926-1989) eras.

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VG, no flaws of note