Artist: NISABURO ITO (Japanese, 1905 - 2001)
Title: "Toji Temple"
Medium: Original Vintage Miniature Japanese Color Woodblock Print circa 1945
Signature: Signed with the Artist's chop
Edition: Limited Edition of 2000 impressions
Size: 5 1/2 x 4 inches (woodblock print); 9 1/2 x 7 inches (matting)
Printer: Uesugi Hanga Kogei, Kyoto
Publisher: Uchida Woodblock Printing Co. Ltd., Kyoto, Japan
About the Artist: Ito Nisaburo (1905-2001) was a prolific designer of woodblock printed prints and postcards. Ito studied painting under Tsuchida Bakusen at the Kyoto City Specialist School of Painting. He later produced woodblock designs for the publishers Uchida and Matsukyu, the latter having been established by the artist Tokuriki Tomikichirō. The style of his prints vary from those influenced by traditional Japanese painting styles to those that are more typical of Sōsaku-hanga (new print) designs.