Japanese Woodblock Print, 1920s by Hasegawa/Nishinomiya, with Nishinomiya publisher's seal in the right margin; listed as number 1114 in Hasegawa's 1930 catalog

SIZE IN INCHES: oban, approx 15.5 x 10.25 inches

PROVENANCE: From the Robert O. Muller estate.

COMMENTS: From a series of oban sized landscapes.

SHODA KOHO (1871-1946) was a Japanese woodblock print artist working with the Hasegawa Print Co. (later called Nishinomiya Print Co). He primarily produced landscape prints in the shin-hanga style. Little is known about his personal life, and even the dates of his birth and death are not certain. However, his work can be dated to the decade of 1910 to 1920. His work was largely unknow until the early 2000's when after the death of Robert O. Muller (the most important American Japanese Woodblock print collector and purveyor of the 20th century) a large number of Koho's print designs were discovered in Muller's estate.

VG, no flaws of note