Outstanding color woodblock print of "Mandarin Ducks," likely from the 1950s by well-known Japanese printmaker Kaoru Kawano (1916-1965). Kaoru Kawano studied at Kawabata art school in 1934. He exhibited at the Japan Print Society as early as 1944 but his career was interrupted by the war (he was a POW in Siberia). He resumed his career following the war, participating in numerous Japanese and international exhibitions. Noted for his semi-abstract images of women and children, Kawano was one of the few Japanese printmakers to design, carve, and publish his own prints.