Tokuriki Tomikichirō (徳力富吉郎) (artist 1902 – 2000)
Fuji from Honsen (豊年の富士) from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mt Fuji (富士三十六景)
ca 1965
16.3 in x 11.4 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese woodblock print
Publisher: Uchida Bijutsu Shoten (内田美術書店?)
Since there are 36 prints of views of Mt. Fuji, this might be Tokuriki's 20th century homage to the work of Hokusai. We will be added a few jpegs of other prints from this series so that you might get a greater sense of this artist's range.
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Early autumn harvest time. The design is from 1939-1940 by Kyoto artist, Tomikichiro Tokuriki, published by Uchida Bijutsu Shoten 内田. It's Number 13 from Tokuriki's series "Thirty-Six Views of Mt Fuji" 富士三十六景 - this view is titled "Fuji from Honsen" 豊年の富士 - this example is a later printing from about 1965, based on the publisher's seal in right margin.
Osakaprints.com wrote: "It is Tokuriki's self-carved, self-printed sôsaku hanga that are more highly considered by scholars, curators, and collectors. However, he is perhaps best known to Westerners through his many print designs in the shin hanga (new prints: 新版画) style for various series published by the three main Kyoto firms — Uchida, Unsôdô, and Kyoto Hanga-in. Three well-known series published by Uchida Bijutsu Shoten (内田美術書店) were Tokuriki's Kyoraku Sanjudai (Thirty views of Kyoto: 京洛三十題) in 1936, Osaka Meisho (Famous scenes of Osaka: 大阪名所) in 1936, and Fuji sanjûrokukei no uchi (Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji: 富士三十六景ノ内), c. 1939-40. Tokuriki cut the blocks for some of these scenic views, but otherwise left that work to artisans employed by the publishers."
landscape prints (fūkeiga 風景画) (genre)
Mount Fuji (富士山) (genre)