About This Print
Japanese gardens are a primary source of material for Takahashi. The word NIWA (庭), Japanese for garden, made its first appearance in Takahashi's 1977 print titled NIWA R (Garden R) and subsequently appeared in at least 97 print titles, the last being two prints published in 1993, each titled, simply, NIWA. Also see NIWA (80-K), NIWA (Movement) B2, NIWA (April) and NIWA (Winter Scenery) in this collection.
Catalogue Raisonné Entry
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#350 - Catalogue Raisonné
(Rikio Takahashi, The Woodblock Prints, published by Abe Publishing LTD., 1998)
(Rikio Takahashi, The Woodblock Prints, published by Abe Publishing LTD., 1998)
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #281 |
| Title | NIWA (Sunshine) 庭 (降り注ぐ光) |
| Series | NIWA |
| Artist | Takahashi Rikio (1917-1998) |
| Signature | Pencil signed by artist - Rikio Takahashi in English |
| Seal | none |
| Date | 1978 |
| Edition | 29 of 50 |
| Publisher | self-published |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | good– paper damage (approx. 2” x 3” abrasion upper left above image and 2”– 3” gouge in paper center left of image); long horizontal crease justbelow image and above signature; paper tape top corners verso. |
| Genre | sosaku hanga (creative print) |
| Miscellaneous | Niwa translates literally into Garden. |
| Format | |
| H x W Paper | 24 1/2 x 18 5/8 in. (62.2 x 47.3 cm) |
| H x W Image | |
| Collections This Print | |
| Reference Literature | Catalogue Raisonné: Rikio Takahashi, The Woodblock Prints, published by Abe Publishing LTD., 1998, p. 158 number 350. |
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