About This Print
This print is an original issue published by Uchida Woodblock Printing Company c. 1950s as part of the series The Ten Views of Japan. It is print #3 in the series.Hozu-gawa Rapids
Source: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hozu_RiverThe Hozu River (保津川, Hozugawa) is a part of Katsura River in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The river begins in the mountains near Kameoka, a town northwest of Kyoto City. It snakes into the Arashiyama section of western Kyoto before changing its name to Katsura River.
The Hozu River is considered scenic, and is known primarily for its association with Hozugawa Kudari, literally "down the Hozu river", a sightseeing whitewater boat that goes downstream from Kameoka to Arashiyama. Hozugawa Kudari is especially popular in the fall, when the Japanese Maple leaves change colors, and in the Spring, when the sakura, or Japanese cherry tree, blooms. The trip usually takes about two hours.
1 see http://shotei.com/seals/seal_details.php?seal=1162 for information on this publisher's seal often misidentified as the artist's seal
The Hozu River is considered scenic, and is known primarily for its association with Hozugawa Kudari, literally "down the Hozu river", a sightseeing whitewater boat that goes downstream from Kameoka to Arashiyama. Hozugawa Kudari is especially popular in the fall, when the Japanese Maple leaves change colors, and in the Spring, when the sakura, or Japanese cherry tree, blooms. The trip usually takes about two hours.
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #150 |
| Title | The Hozu-gawa Rapids at Kyoto in Summer (English language title as printed on table of contents for this series and Japanese title is in red cartouche upper right corner of print.) |
| Series | The Ten Views of Japan |
| Artist | Tokuriki Tomikichirō (1902-2000) |
| Signature | not signed |
| Seal |  |
| Date | c. 1950s |
| Edition | original edition |
| Publisher | Uchida Bijutsu Shoten (U Chi Da Han seal1) |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent |
| Genre | shin hanga (new print) |
| Miscellaneous | gofun applied on waves |
| Format | shikishiban |
| H x W Paper | 11 1/2 x 10 1/8 in. (29.2 x 25.7 cm) |
| H x W Image | 11 1/8 x 9 7/8 in. (28.3 x 25.1 cm) |
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1 see http://shotei.com/seals/seal_details.php?seal=1162 for information on this publisher's seal often misidentified as the artist's seal
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