Fisherman (Gyofu) from the Memorial Edition printed 1960, by O. Hashimoto

 

Kanae Yamamoto

  1882 - 1946

1904 /1960 

two-color woodcut 

6 3/8 x 4 5/16" image size 

unsigned 

not stated 

artist's seel, upper right in image 

 

cream laid 

published 

 

GEBO101 

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This image is often considered the first of the Sosaku Hanga school, a style and movement in which the artist executes all aspects of the woodblock print: design, carving, and printing. Gyofu (Fisherman) Woodcut, 1960, sealed Kanae, paper slip affixed to verso typed in English with title Fisherman, artist's name, dated in ink 1904, memorial edition 1960, printed by Hashimoto Okiie 12.5/8 x 10in. (32 x 27.3cm.) In 1960 Hashimoto Okiie (1899-1993) produced a small edition of 40 prints from Yamamoto's original 1904 blocks. For the original edition see Ono Tadashige, Kindai Nihon no hanga (Modern Japanese prints) (Tokyo: Sansaisha, 1971), first color plate; Itabashi Museum, Taishoki no hangaten (Exhibition of Taisho-period prints) (Tokyo: Itabashi Museum), p. 95.