Takahashi Shotei

Autumn at a Village

Takahashi Shotei's "Autumn at a Village" is an original Japanese woodcut created in the large Tanzaku size, known as a long format print. This woodcut is printed upon Japanese mulberry paper and with margins to the edges of the image as published by Watanabe in Tokyo between 1920 and 1925. It is signed in the image by the artist with both his signature and chop mark. "Autumn at a Village" is a fine, original example of the famous landscape art created by the 20th century Japanese artist, Takahashi Shotei.

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Original Japanese Woodcut by Takahashi Shotei

Autumn at a Village

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Title:	Autumn at a Village
Artist:	Shotei, Takahashi (Asakusa, Tokyo, 1871 - Hiroshima, 1945)
Date:	c. 1920 - 1925
Medium:	Original Japanese Woodcut
Publisher:	Watanabe, Tokyo
Note:	Takahashi Shotei: By 1930 a Renaissance in the art of the Japanese woodcut had taken place. Referred to simply as 'Shin Hanga' (the 'New Prints'), the woodcuts created by the great masters of this era were as splendid as the art of Japan's legendary past masters. The movement began in Tokyo, largely promoted by the influential publishing house of Watanabe, and by 1920 the finest artists were commissioned by him. Goyo and Shinsui produced modern figure studies of timeless beauty. Landscape and other views, however, attracted most of the talented artists such as Hasui, Takahashi Shotei, Yoshida, Koitsu Tsuchiya and Shiro Kasamatsu. With their distinctive styles, these artists were responsible for infusing new life into the great tradition of the Japanese woodcut.
	The great pioneer of Shin Hanga art, Takahashi Shotei was the first artist commissioned Watanabe and designed woodcuts for him as early as 1907. Shotei began his artistic education at the age of nine when he studied drawing techniques under his uncle, the master painter, Matsumoto Fuko (1840-1923). Until his successful collaboration with Watanabe, Takahashi Shotei supported himself mainly as an illustrator for magazines and newspapers.
	Takahashi Shotei's woodcuts were immediately popular (especially with collectors in Europe and America) and it is estimated that by 1923 he had created over 500 works of art in this medium. The year 1923, however, also marked the devastating Tokyo earthquake. The entire inventory of Shotei's woodblocks and many impressions taken from them were destroyed in the subsequent fires. Thus unlike the woodcuts of most Shin Hanga artists, no later re-strikes were pulled from Takahashi Shotei's woodblocks and his prints today are quite scarce.
	Created in the large Tanzaku size, Autumn at a Village is known as a long format print. Takahashi Shotei designed his first long format landscape for Watanabe around 1915 and produced many more in this size until about 1925. After that date, the artist turned more towards the traditional oban size woodcut. His long association with Watanabe ended in 1930 when he left to work with a rival Tokyo publisher, Fusio Gabo. Takahashi Shotei died in Hiroshima while visiting his daughter in 1945. It is believed that this great master of the Japanese landscape woodcut was a victim of the atomic bomb.
Size:	Large Tanzaku (14 1/2 X 6 3/4) (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed upon Japanese mulberry (rice) paper and with margins to the edges of the image as published by Watanabe in Tokyo between 1920 and 1925. Signed in the image by the artist with both his signature and chop mark. A brilliant impression without a trace of light or time staining and in excellent condition throughout. Autumn at a Village represents a prime, original example of the famous landscape art of Takahashi Shotei.
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