Peaches and Yellow-billed Grosbeak

 

Shiho Sakakibara

 

1960  

color woodcut 

15 3/8 x 20" image 

artist's seal and signature in left image 

83 of 200  

unidentified information stamped in Japanese characters, lower right margin, vertical ege 

 

cream laid paper with mica sheen; watermarked in lower left, Japanese characters 

published 

artist 

18918 

$400.00 

Kokuga-kai (National Painting Association) was founded in Kyoto in 1918 by Japanese-style painters Shiho Sakakibara, Chikukyo Ono, Bakusen Tsuchida, Kagaku Murakami, Banka Nonagase, and Hako Irie. It was founded on the principle that artists should have complete freedom of expression. In 1925 a Western-style painting section was added and in 1928 all the Japanese-style painters withdrew. The organization also has print, sculpture, craft and photography sections and is still active.