New Year's Day (元旦) ca. 1980 / Toru Shimizu 清水遠流 b. 1938-?

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New Year's Day (元旦) ca. 1980 / Toru Shimizu 清水遠流 b. 1938-?Winter is coming! To celebrate the joy of now disappearing snow, here for auction a selection of 8 prints, of which this is number 1, from the work of a virtually unknow designer and printer, Toru (Tohoru) ShimizuFrom Hellen Merrit's Guide: Toru Shimizu was born in 1938 Toyama prefecture. He was a self taught hanga artist. His style is detailed and descriptive. Series of prints include, "Snow Country (Yukiguni) 1971, Four Seasons in Japan (Nihon no

org/collection/object/A_1979-0305-0-384 ---Isso hyakutai 一掃百態I suspect these were early preliminary sketches

None of those libraries have or mention a color version

Meiji 31/32/35 - 1898/ 1899 / 19021st 54pp

Info for this print:after Yoshitoshi's black & white design in Volume 2

Besides painting traditional Literati subjects such as landscapes

I might say even more impresive than the original

Emakimono scroll 絵巻

About 58 scenes

→ "Made by Fukuda Suikō 福田翠光"

yellowish due to age but other than that

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