Ohno Bakufu (4 results)

Woodblock print, 38.2 x 26.7cm; 41.3 x 29.2cm (sheet), carver's chop (Kikuta) and printer's chop (Nagae) in left margin with the publisher's chop, artist's signature (in English and Japanese) and red seal within the image lower right, faint toning along the margins, but in very good condition. Ohno Bakufu (1888 - 1976) was born in Tokyo but spent much of his career in the Kansai region after the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. A prominent artist of the Shin-hanga movement, Ohno is most famous for his series "Familiar Fishes of Nippon" (published 1937-1944 from Nishinomiya Shoin, later Kyoto Hanga-in post-WW2). His botanical works are valued for their vivid colours and blend of traditional Japanese style with Western realism. Here he has rendered an autumn floral arrangement in a woven basket with chrysanthemum and gentian flowers with coloured maple leaves.…

Kyoto [1950], Kyoto Hanga In. Single sheet print, very good, Oban size 27 x 39.5 cm., strong impression, clean, fine reg- istry, printed in pastels, double cinnabar author's seal and signature in both English & Japanese, matted.FIRST & ONLY ED *** *** *** . . FIRST & ONLY SMALL LIMITED EDITION . . . THE AUTHOR'S SIGNED COPY . . . HAND-PRINTED COLOR WOODBLOCK PRINT . . . A TENDER RENDITION OF GREEN BAMBOO & BAMBOO SHOOTS . . OHNO Bakufu [1888-1976] signed the printed twice: Japanese & English, with his red Hanko [seal/chop], with the publisher and carver's red cinnabar Hanko [seals] in the margin. . A very lovely Japanese color print of Kyoto bamboo. Most likely phyllostachys bambusoides, commonly found in the bamboo forest areas of Kyoto. . *** FIRST & ONLY AUTHOR'S SIGNED EDITION . This print shows three large bamboo-shoots and four large culms with just a few leaves at just above ground-level. Bamboo shoots were commonly collected in the winter months and used as a food-delicacy. . Long and intense boiling is needed to render them edible. Bakufu was a Kyoto Shin-Hanga woodblock print maker and painter who did poignant and tender subjects during the pre & post-World II era. . *** The subject of bamboo is seldom found in Japanese prints. This superb work shows bamboo at its best and in a delicate combination of colors with superb composition. Nicely framed in natural Teak with a matching grass-paper mat, ready for display. . *** REFERENCES: . J. Kato. GENDAI NIPPON HANGA TAIKEI: Great Collection of Modern Woodblock Color Prints [Shin-Hanga], vol.3, plate 67 * A.B. Freeman-Mitford: THE BAMBOO GARDEN. * I. Tsuboi ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE JAPANESE SPECIES OF BAMBOO, as plate 1. . ***. …

Kyoto 1950, Kyoto Hanga-In. A single sheet, woodblock print, Oban size, 25.5 x 38 cm., like NEW, fine registry & color, marginal seals, cinnabar print name seal, English marginal seal: "Printed by Kyoto Hanga-In 1950." FIRST EDITION * The Shin-Hanga master Bakufu Ohno [1888-1976], did superb examples before and after the war. . A lovely and innocent work. Shows the Japanese Momiji [Japanese Maple] in Autumn colors, in shades of green, chartreuse, orange with a blue gradient sky down to brown. There is a small bird perched on a twig. . *** Signed and sealed by Ohno. . *** CONDITION: The print is like New, no issues, verso clean as issued. . ***.…

Kyoto [1950], Kyoto Hanga In. Single sheet print, very good, Oban size 27 x 39.5 cm., strong impression, clean, fine reg- istry, printed in pastels, double cinnabar author's seal and signature both English & Japanese, glazed, framed. FIRST ED. *** *** *** . . FIRST & ONLY SMALL LIMITED EDITION . . . THE AUTHOR'S SIGNED COPY . . . HAND-PRINTED COLOR WOODBLOCK PRINT . . . A TENDER RENDITION OF GREEN BAMBOO & BAMBOO SHOOTS . . OHNO Bakufu [1888-1976] signed the printed twice: Japanese & English, with his red Hanko [seal/chop], with the publisher and carver's red cinnabar Hanko [seals] in the margin. . A very lovely Japanese color print of Kyoto bamboo. Most likely phyllostachys bambusoides, commonly found in the bamboo forest areas of Kyoto. . *** FIRST & ONLY AUTHOR'S SIGNED EDITION . This print shows three large bamboo-shoots and four large culms with just a few leaves at just above ground-level. Bamboo shoots were commonly collected in the winter months and used as a food-delicacy. . Long and intense boiling is needed to render them edible. Bakufu was a Kyoto Shin-Hanga woodblock print maker and painter who did poignant and tender subjects during the pre & post-World II era. . *** The subject of bamboo is seldom found in Japanese prints. This superb work shows bamboo at its best and in a delicate combination of colors with superb composition. Nicely framed in natural Teak with a matching grass-paper mat, ready for display. . *** REFERENCES: . J. Kato. GENDAI NIPPON HANGA TAIKEI: Great Collection of Modern Woodblock Color Prints [Shin-Hanga], vol.3, plate 67 * A.B. Freeman-Mitford: THE BAMBOO GARDEN. * I. Tsuboi ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE JAPANESE SPECIES OF BAMBOO, as plate 1. . ***. …