Takahashi Shotei - Sailboats in Sunset at Sekiyado. Japanese woodblock print.

The first edition of this design was published between 1923 and 1932. The current print is from the 1930s.

Size of the image (excluding margins) in inches 14.7 x 6.4 (37.3 x 16.3 cm.)

The print is in very good state. There are remnants of a previous mounting to a folder on the outer margins on the back.

Takahashi Hiroaki (Shotei) was born on January 2, 1871, in Tokyo with the given name of Takahashi Katsutaro. He was trained in Nihonga - traditional Japanese painting - by his uncle Matsumoto Fuko. In the literature the artist is usually called Takahashi Shotei or just Shotei.From 1907 on Takahashi Hiroaki designed large numbers of prints for Watanabe's print shop. He was one of the first printmakers joining the artisan "pool" of Watanabe. The prints were largely exported - mainly to Northern America and are still in high demand to this day.

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The print is in very good state. There are remnants of a previous mounting to a folder on the outer margins on the back.

14.7 x 6.4 x 0.1 in

0.1 oz