Four untitled woodblock prints from Sekka's Ashide-e

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[Four untitled woodblock prints from Sekka's Ashide-e]

[Kamisaka, Sekka (illustrated by)].

[Kyōto: Kamisaka Yoshiaki, Shōwa 19 (1944)]. 

Four (of six) ashide-e designed by Kamisaka Sekka (1866–1942), from Ashide-e: Sekka Isaku ("Ashide Illustrations: Posthumous Works by Sekka"). Sekka intended the six prints in Ashide-e to be used as a second series of his 1934 work Uta-e, but died before this was possible. His son, Kamisaka Yoshiaki, published the prints under the title Ashide-e for an exhibition two years after Sekka's death and provided text for an explanatory slip that accompanied the work. The illustrations were produced by the woodblock printer Takagi Eikichi, one of Sekka's good friends. Ashide-e, like moji-e, are illustrations constructed using (typically hiragana) characters. The texts included in the four prints offered are waka poems (three from the Kokin Wakashū, one from the Shūi Wakashū).

Four leaves (of six), woodblock-printed on one side. Soiling to three prints. Small marks, bumps, and light creases generally. Lacking card chemise and explanatory slip. Each print measures approximately 27 x 20.9 cm.

Four untitled woodblock prints from Sekka's Ashide-e
Price: $350.00 (USD)