Collection
FUKAZAWA Sakuichi
(Japan 1896–1946)
- Title
- A hill, from the series Small works selected by the author vol. 1
- Alternative title:
- Sakuichi jisen shôhinshû
- Place of origin
-
Japan
- Year
- 1927
- Media category
- Materials used
- colour woodcut
- Dimensions
-
10.0 x 14.1cm image/sheet
- Signature & date
- Signed l.r., printed in red ink "Sak [artist's seal]". Not dated.
- Credit
- Yasuko Myer Bequest Fund 2001
- Accession number
- 408.2001.12
- Copyright
- © FUKAZAWA Sakuichi
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Fukazawa's poignant images of urban landscape are representative of a distinct aspect of modernism in Japanese prints. A number of modern print artists, who were inspired by Western modernism, chose this new landscape to express their affinity to modern icons. This contrasts the New Print artists such as Yoshida Hiroshi who chose to depict traditional subjects in a new spirit.
This series of small prints selected by the artist includes many early works, which, while revealing the Western influence, show the artist's distinct technique described by Onchi Kôshirô as 'shallow block-cutting with gouge' (the two 'still life' prints).
Asian Art Dept.
AGNSW 17 October 2001
