Tomikichiro Tokuriki - Kyoto Rooftops

Kyoto Rooftops

Tomikichiro Tokuriki's original woodcut, "Kyoto Rooftops" is printed upon Japanese mulberry (rice) paper and with full margins as published in Kyoto between 1740 & 1950. Kyoto Rooftops is a fine, original example of the landscape art created by the Japanese artist, Tomikichiro Tokuriki.

Original Japanese Woodcut by Tomikichiro Tokuriki.

Kyoto Rooftops

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Title:	Kyoto Rooftops
Artist:	Tokuriki, Tomikichiro (Kyoto, born, 1902)
Date:	Between 1940 & 1950
Medium:	Original Japanese Woodcut Printed in Colour
Note:	Tomikichiro Tokuriki: The art of Tomikichiro Tokuriki is today seen as an important bridge between the two great movements of Japanese art in the early twentieth century; shin hanga and sosaku hanga. Like the classic shin hanga masters of the day, Tokuriki designed many woodcuts of landscapes and city views in the traditional manner. Yet he actively promoted sosaku-hanga (creative prints) in Kyoto, which emphasized the artist's participation over the entire process of printmaking and the exploration of more modern styles and trends. As one can see in a work of art such as Kyoto Rooftops, Tokuriki combined these often opposing elements to create a most vital form of imagery. The scene, with its wide expanse of form, colour and light and shade, is worthy of the great landscape art of classic Japanese masters. Notice, however, how the interlocking buildings in the foreground create solid geometric shapes and how the artist has carefully rendered many textures. This then is also a great woodcut in the sosaku-hanga style.
	Tomikichiro Tokuriki studied painting techniques at the Kyoto School of Arts and Crafts and finished his education at the Kyoto Art College in 1923. Beginning his career as a painter he produced his first original woodcuts in 1929. During the following years, Tokuriki devoted himself almost exclusively to the art of the woodcut. By 1935, his art was included in most major exhibitions, both at home and abroad.
	Unlike most of his contemporaries, Tomikichiro Tokuriki not only designed his woodcuts but also carved the blocks and printed many of his impressions. At the end of World War II (1945), he also founded the Matsukyu Publishing Company where he published and distributed his own art as well as the woodcuts of other prominent Kyoto artists, such as, Shiko Munakata.
Size:	10 7/8 X 9 5/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Framed and Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed upon Japanese mulberry (rice) paper and with full margins as published in Kyoto on the above date. A superb impression without a trace of light or time staining and in excellent condition throughout. Kyoto Rooftops is a prime, original example of the famous woodcut art of Tomikichiro Tokuriki.
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