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AWAZU Kiyoshi

(Japan 1929–2009)

Title
September - chrysanthemum, from the series Fantasies on Japanese playing cards (set No.1)
Alternative title:
Hanafuda Sô
Place of origin
Japan
Period
Japan: Shôwa period 1926 - 1988
Year
1979
Media
Print
Medium
colour woodcut
Dimensions
36.2 x 24.8cm image; 39.2 x 26.8cm sheet
Signature & date
Signed l.r.corner, pencil "Kiyo AWAZU". Not dated. Signed l.l., in Japapese, ink [incised on block] "Kiyoshi".
Credit
Yasuko Myer Bequest Fund 1998
Accession number
3.1998.6
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (1)

Illustration in Japan Vol. 2 (1982), Mamoru Yonekura (Author), Ikko Tanaka (Cover Illustrator), Kondansha Inrernational LTD., New York, New York, United States of America.