About This Print
Kitaoka is likely depicting the citrus plantations in the mountains around Arida City in Wakayama province. If so, the blue patch of water depicted in the print must be the Arida River. This area is famous for its mikan or Japanese mandarins.
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #1569 |
| Title |  伊予のみかん山 Iyo no mikanyama |
| Series | n/a |
| Artist | Kitaoka Fumio (1918-2007) |
| Signature | Fumio Kitaoka in pencil signed by artist in English below the image on right |
| Seal | unsealed |
| Publication Date | 1981 |
| Edition | 120 of 130 |
| Publisher | self-published |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent - spots of foxing top margin, mounting tape remnants verso top left, top right, bottom center |
| Genre | sosaku hanga (creative print) |
| Miscellaneous | paper watermark as seen from the front appearing in top corners of prints |
| Format | |
| H x W Paper | 19 x 24 7/8 in. (48.2 x 63.2 cm) |
| H x W Image | 15 1/8 x 21 9/16 in. (38.4 x 54.8 cm) |
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