About This Print
This print was created for the dōjin (coterie magazine) HANGA (Print Art), Volume 14, issued in 1928 by the publisher Hanga no Ie. It depicts a one figure on a bridge in the mountains near the headwaters of the Mibu River, a tributary of the Tenryu River, in the southern Alps.
The Magazine HANGA
For information on HANGA see "The Magazine HANGA" on the page Iizuka Fūkei (Landscape of Iizuka).
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #1347 |
| Title | Mibu River (三峯川) (printed on the back of the page the print is mounted to) |
| Series | from the magazine HANGA (Prints), Volume 14 |
| Artist | Moriyama Shūji (1890-?) |
| Signature | not signed; artist's name 森山収治 is printed on the back of the page the print is mounted to |
| Seal of the artist | no seal |
| Date | 1928 |
| Edition | first and only edition (not numbered) |
| Publisher | Hanga no Ie 版画の家 |
| Printer | self-printed |
| Carver | self-carved |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | good - overall light toning consistent with age; top corners mounted to original folio page; spots of foxing |
| Genre | sosaku hanga (creative print) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | |
| H x W Paper | 6 15/16 x 9 1/16 in. (17.6 x 23 cm) |
| H x W Image | 6 x 8 3/8 in. (15.2 x 21.3 cm) |
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