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Saint

 

Japanese Color Woodblock Print

Saint

by Tajima Hiroyuki, 1970


IHL Cat. #188

About This Print

A luminous look into the mind of a saint?  Typical of Tajima's works which always "seems to glow from behind, as though it incorporated a fluorescent light shielded by a mysteriously textured fabric."1


 



1 Who's Who in Modern Japanese Prints, Frances Blakemore, Weatherhill, 1975, p. 192.

Print Details

 IHL Catalog #188
 Title Saint
 Series 
 Artist
 Tajima Hiroyuki (1911-1984)
 Signature
 Hiroyuki Tajima in English in bottom margin
 Seal not sealed
 Publication Date 1970
 Edition 19 of 50
 Publisher  self-published and printed
 Impression excellent
 Colors excellent
 Condition good - handling creases primarily visible in margins; light soiling; light soiling and toning on verso
 Miscellaneous
 Genre sosaku hanga (creative prints)
 Format 
 H x W Paper 25 x 19 5/8 in. (63.5 x 49.9 cm )
 H x W Image 22 x 16 5/8 in. (55.9 x 42.3 cm) 
 Collections This Print
 Reference Literature Modern Japanese Prints – A Contemporary Selection, Yuji Abe, C. E. Tuttle Co, 1971, pl. 144.