Vintage Woodblock Print By Artist Tomikichiro Tokuriki Titled "Noodle Restaurant On A Rainy Night", Around 1951.

 

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Dimensions, Paper 15.5 x 10.25 inches. All measurements are approximate. Surface wear and aging. Some wear and stains on the edges. Very nice preserved colors and tones! Sold as is.

A Dark And Moody Image Of A Roadside Booth For Simple Meals And Drinks. Two Customers Sit At A Counter In A Booth, Called A Hikokuro. Warm Orange Light Spills Out From The Booth And Reflects In Puddles Of Water Made By The Rain While The Hostess Looks Out For Other Patrons In The Dark Night.

Tomikichiro Tokuriki (徳力富吉郎, March 22, 1902 To 1999) Was Born In Kyoto, Japan, And The 12th Generation Of A Kyoto Artisan Family Designated As The Official Kyoto Print Artists For The Famous Honganji Temple. First Taught By His Grandfather, He Graduated From Kyoto Art College In 1923. While Still At College, The Young Artist Discovered His Passion For Sosaku Hanga Prints, A Movement That Had Spread From Tokyo To Kyoto. With The Assistance Of An Old Carver And An Ukiyo-E Printer, Tomikichiro Tokuriki Learned Everything To Master The Complete Process Of Design, Carving And Printing Himself.

He Produced Many Sets Of Prints Before And During The Pacific War Based On Traditional Subjects. Most Of These Were Published By Uchida Of Kyoto, But After The War Tokuriki Set Up His Own Publishing Company Called Matsukyu.

Tokuriki Tomikichiro Produced Two Lines Of Prints: There Were The Sosaku Hanga Prints, Meaning Creative Prints, Which Were His Real Passion, And Then There Were Pastel-Like Shin-Hanga Prints In Soft Colors With Scenes Of Japanese Landscape And Famous Places, The Prints For Which He Is More Popularly Known.