Japanese Woodblock Prints | Including the Sokolov Collection / Lot 161 Lot 161 Estimate costs The Sokolov Collection Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949) Rain in Ginza (Ginza no ame), Showa period, 20th century VAT reduced rateNo Reserves Lot Closed ...
(left) Manet'sThe Absinthe Drinker, 1859 1860 A porcelain dealer, Felix Bracquemond, brings Japanese woodblock prints to France. These artworks would inspire Impressionists to experiment with perspective, subject, medium and technique. (left) Utagawa Hiroshige,Rain Shower at ShōnofromThe Fifty-Thr...
The Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art was built as part of Kobe’s “cultural reconstruction” project in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake in 1995. Founded in 2002, the municipal gallery has grown into a major resource for Japanese prints and paintings from the Hyogo Prefecture. The museu...