About This Print
It is generally assumed that whether the artist has used the Japanese word Niwa (Garden) as part of a print's title or Kyoto as part of a print's title, that the print portrays a Japanese garden. Whether this print Series Kyoto No. 22 portrays the abstracted elements of a Japanese garden, e.g. rocks, water, trees, moss, plants, buildings, gates, lanterns and fences or the abstracted elements of a Kyoto city scene, the artist's forms and layers of color are left to the viewer to interpret or just enjoy as they are.
Catalogue Raisonné Entry and Reference Images
#125 - Catalogue Raisonné
(Rikio Takahashi, The Woodblock Prints, published by Abe Publishing LTD., 1998)
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #1533 |
| Title | Series "Kyoto" No. 22 シリーズ 京都 No. 22 |
| Series | Kyoto |
| Artist | Takahashi Rikio (1917-1998) |
| Signature |  |
| Seal | none |
| Date | 1962 |
| Edition | 90/100 |
| Publisher | self-published |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent - handling creases |
| Genre | sosaku hanga (creative print) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | |
| H x W Paper | 23 1/4 x 17 3/4 in. (59.1 x 45.1 cm) |
| H x W Image | 19 x 13 5/8 in. (48.3 x 34.6 cm) |
| Collections This Print | Los Angeles County Museum of Art M.86.147.170 |
| Reference Literature | Catalogue Raisonné: Rikio Takahashi, The Woodblock Prints, published by Abe Publishing LTD., 1998, p. 130 number 125, color pl. p. 46. |
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