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Kawakami, Sumio (1895 - 1972)

Nanbanburri - Nanbanesque behaviour
Paper size: 60.2 x 45.2 cm. Printed on bright yellow paper in 1955.

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Fine impression, colours and condition

One of the best-known post WWII sōsaku hanga prints. This image was used by Helen Merritt for the dust-jacket of her book Modern Japanese woodblock prints. This print exists in various editions. This one comes closest to the one shown in Kawakami Sumio, Shi to e no sekai - Kawakami Sumio, World of poetry and prints, Kanuma Municipal Art Museum of Kawakami Sumio, 1995, page 57.