Japanese Woodblock Print, separate label 46/200. Publisher Yuyudo, carver Maeda Kentaro, printer Sato Rissan.
 
 
SIZE IN INCHES: dai-oban, 16.25 x 18.5 inches

SHIMURA TATSUMI (1878-1972) was a student of Kaburagi Kiyokata, an influential artist and illustrator who figured prominently in the careers of many shin hanga artists. He may have also studied with Yamakawa Shuho (1898-1944), another student of Kiyokata. Tatsumi trained as a nihonga painter, exhibiting with the Native Place Society (Kyodokai), an association comprised of Kiyokata's students, and the Blue Collar Society (Seikinkai), a group of nihonga artists founded by Ito Shinsui and Yamakawa Shuho. Like many early-twentieth-century artists, Tatsumi also supported himself as an illustrator. From the mid-1920s through the early 1930s he designed kuchi-e for numerous magazines, notably Fujokai (Woman's World). He also provided illustrations for newspapers and novels during that time. Tatsumi's shin hanga encompassed landscapes and bijinga. He was one of several artists who contributed to the 1932 series One Hundred Views of Great Tokyo (Dai Tokyo hakkei). With this project Tatsumi established an affiliation with the publisher Kato Junzo of the Nihon Hanga Kenkusho who published many of his prints in the late 40s and early 50s.
 
condition : VG, minor toning