Kichiemon Okamura - Japanese Alphabet letter HE

Japanese Alphabet-letter 'HE'

"Japanese Alphabet-letter 'HE'" was created by the Japanese folk art artist, Kichiemon Okamura around 1960. This original hand stencil dyed print originates from a series of letters from the Japanese alphabet. It is stamped with artist's red seal and signed in pencil by the japanese artist, Kichiemon Okamura. This particular impression depicts a penguin and a snake, delightfully painted in soft pastel colours.

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Japanese Alphabet-letter 'HE'

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Kichiemon Okamura (Japan, Born, 1916)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Date	Medium	Info
01.-		Japanese Alphabet-letter 'HE' by Kichiemon Okamura	c. 1960	Original Hand Stencil Dyed Print on Handmade Kozo Paper	Signed in pencil by Kichiemon Okamura and also stamped with his red seal.
02.-		Japanese Alphabet-letter 'KA' by Kichiemon Okamura	c. 1960	Original Hand Stencil Dyed Print on Handmade Kozo Paper	Stampled with Kichiemon Okamurai's red seal.

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Title:	Japanese Alphabet-letter 'HE'
Artist:	Okamura, Kichiemon (Japan, Born, 1916)
Date:	c. 1960
Medium:	Original Hand Stencil Dyed Print on Handmade Kozo Paper
Note:	Kichiemon Okamura: A Japanese fabric and ceramic artist, illustrator, dyer, paper and print maker, Kichiemon Okamura is best known as a leading artist of Mingei -- which in Japan generally means folk art. As early as 1950, Okamura's folk art was included in major exhibitions both in Japan and internationally. As well the artist has authored such books as "Handicrafts of Okinawa" (1964) and "Folk Kilns: Famous Ceramics of Japan" (1981), as well as co-authoring "Folk Arts and Crafts of Japan" (1973). Today the art of Kichiemon Okamura is included in many major collections, such as the New York Public Library.
	"Japanese Alphabet-letter 'HE'" originates from a series of delightful pictorial representations of letters from the Japanese alphabet. The letters appear in black and green while the animals are composed in browns, reds, greys, blacks and blues. No edition size was stated for these original prints, but as they are created by the laborious stencil method the size of the edition is probably very small.
Size:	12 X 10 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Buy Now	Price: $325.00 US
Condition:	Printed upon fine, hand-made, kozo paper and with full, deckled margins. Stamped with artist's red seal and signed in pencil along the lower margin. A finely printed impression with full, unfaded colors, very faint matt shading about 1/4 from the outer margins, otherwise, in excellent condition throughout. "Japanese Alphabet-letter 'HE'" represents a fine, original example of the famous folk art of Kichiemon Okamura.
Description:	Stencil, Hand Dyes, Penguin, Snake, Japanese Alphabet, Mingei, kozo paper, folk art of Japan.
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