Large Hand-Signed 1968 Japanese Woodblock Print by Okiie Hashimoto
A large, abstract woodblock print by Japanese artist Okiie Hashimoto (橋本興家).
On strong wove paper, the colours are rich and unfaded. It is hand-signed in pencil, dated 1968 and numbered 21 of 170. It is titled "白布高湯の秋" - (Autumn at Shirabu Takayu) and blind-stamped in Japanese.
This vivid print depict an expansive landscape in autumnal colours. It is in very good condition, with no tears and very minor discoloration of the paper at the edges.
It will be delivered in a matt gilt frame with mount.
Biography:
Okiie Hashimoto was a Japanese artist and educator. Best known as part of the postwar revival of the sōsaku-hanga (Creative Prints) movement, he began his career as a school art teacher. In 1936, he began creating woodblock prints after he attended a workshop organized by prominent sōsaku-hanga artist Un’ichi Hiratsuka and began creating woodblock prints, which he successfully entered at major salon-style exhibitions in 1937. In 1939, he joined the newly formed First Thursday Society (Ishimoku-kai, 一木会), which gathered around Kōshirō Onchi, who would become a leading figure in the postwar Creative Prints movement. In his prolific career in printmaking, he was known for an innovative use of simplified and decorative forms that exude a modern feel. He was interested in expressing the effects of light as much as carefully controlled geometry in composition and forms.