About This Print
A smaller size (sheet size, approx. 10 x 12 in. vs. 16 x 20 in.) than many of Miyata's landscape prints, Togakushi Mountain Range was likely issued as part of a set of prints depicting a particular area of Japan, possibly Nagano Prefecture 長野県 in the Chūbu region of the main island of Honshū.Mount Togakushi is a 1,904 meter (6,247 feet) high rocky mountain located about 20 km northwest of Nagano city. It is a sacred mountain, said to have taken its current shape when Amano-Iwato, the Cave of the Sun Goddess, fell to Earth in ancient times. Togakushi Shrine sits at its base. In 2015 a new national park, Myoko-Togakushi Renzan, was established which incorporated Togakushi.
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #2297 |
| Title |  Togakushi Mountain Range |
| Series | unknown |
| Artist | Miyata Saburō (1924-2013) |
| Signature | none |
| Seal |  |
| Publication Date | c. 1971/1984 |
| Edition | 24/300 |
| Publisher | the artist in conjunction with the Tokyo Print Research Institute Tokyo Hanga Kenkyūsho 東京版画研究所 |
| Carver | self-carved |
| Printer | self-printed |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent |
| Genre | sosaku-hanga (creative print) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | dai-ōban |
| H x W Paper | 10 x 12 1/16 in. (25.4 x 30.6 cm) |
| H x W Image | 5 7/8 x 8 5/16 in. (14.9 x 21.1 cm) |
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6/23/2021 created
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