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Artist
Un'ichi Hiratsuka
Japan
1895 - 1997

About
This series of prints is a unique set of prints in two ways: at least thirty contemporary artists collaborated in a single series of landscape prints, depicting both famous places & scenery of modern urban life. This series is a product of the Creative Print Movement, a modern movement in printmaking which began early in the 20th century by artists who designed, blockcut & printed their own work with a clear intention of creating works of art as opposed to `surimono', reproductions. Due to the intensification of WWII, publication of the series was stopped by the Japanese authorities who feared that the interior of Japan would become known to its enemies.
Details
Alternative title
Shin Nihon hyakkei: 28 Heijô Botandai
Date
1940
Materials used
colour woodcut
Dimensions
22.5 x 29.9 cm image; 24.6 x 31.5 cm mount
Signature & date
Signed u.l. in Japanese, ink "[artist's seal]". Not dated.
Credit
Yasuko Myer Bequest Fund 1997
Location
Not on display
Accession number
8.1997.7
