Famous Prints from the Early Showa Period
　Kasamatsu Shiran (1898-1991)
Hirakawamon Gate ("Eight views of Tokyo")

first print 1953

Born in Asakusa, Tokyo in 1898. At the age of 14, he studied Japanese painting under Kaburagi Kiyokata, and continued to be active in the Tatsumi Art Association and Kyodo-kai. The Geisodo edition began publication around 1945, and has published nearly 100 works. His works, which feature subjects from all over Japan, have been reevaluated in recent years. The works featured in this issue are still being reprinted today. (Prints made at that time (first printings) are sold at high prices overseas.) Shiro Kasamatsu, 1898-1992 Shinhanga artist Kegon Waterfall, Nikko first print 1952 Shiro Kasamatsu was a student of Kaburagi Kiyokata.
In the 1950s he published bird
and animal prints, landscapes and
"famous views" with the publisher
Unsodo- alltogether more than 100.
The print is reprinted.
Shiro Kasamatsu worked in Shin Hanga
and Sosaku Hanga style.

■Specifications - Echizen washi paper
Height 36.5cm x Width 24cm
■Notes: The price is for the sheet only.
If you would like it framed, please see"5767N O-Gi"
.

19 - At the studio in Eifuku-cho

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