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A Great Orig Japanese Woodblock Print Kikuchi Keigetsu Heroine
This is a very beautiful and special ORIGINAL Japanese woodblock print “Heroine” signed by the Showa Shin Hanga woodblock print master Kikuchi Keigetsu (1879-1955) and carved by the famous artist Yamagishi Kazue (1891-1984) made in early Showa IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. This is an original woodblock print about 80 years old. This woodblock print is from my family seven-decade old collection of Japanese woodblock prints and Asian Art. To see more on my family Japanese woodblock print and Asian art collection, please search for shinhangagallery.com on Google. The same print is listed on Pinterest, https://www.pinterest.com/pin/7881368082857440/ If the same print without carver and printer’s chop marks in the bottom border, it should be a later day recut. The size of this original woodblock print is 11 1/2 x17. Kikuchi’s signature and his chop mark are at the upper right corner of the print while the carver Yamagishi Kazue’s chop mark and printer’s chop mark are in the bottom border. The colors, which are vivid and vibrant, are in layers on the original Japanese Washi paper. This ORIGINAL woodblock print is not attached to any backing paper or cardboard and strong ink bleeding can be seen through the back of the original Japanese Mulberry Washi paper. There is a notch cut at the lower right corner in the border, which does not affect the images. This ORIGINAL woodblock print is IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. It is hard to find an original Japanese woodblock print of such a beautiful and rare scene signed by the famous Showa woodblock print master Kikuchi Keigetsu in the public nowadays. This woodblock print is definitely an incredible piece for collecting. Shipping is $16 dollars anywhere in US via USPS priority mail with insurance and tracking. International shipping charges are US$28 through airmail WITHOUT insurance, buyers will have to assume all the risks during the mailing. We do combined shipping. If more than one item is purchased at the same time, the highest shipping cost will be charged. THIS IS A FAMOUS ORIGINAL JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT SIGNED BY THE SHOWA SHIN HANGA WOODBLOCK PRINT MASTER KIKUCHI KEIGETSU (1879-1955) MADE IN EARLY SHOWA. IT IS NOT A RE-CUT, REPRODUCTION, OR LITHO PRINT. (SF25_000000)