Miki Suizan Woodblock Hozu River Rapids
Similar Sale History
View More Items in Prints & Multiples
Related Prints & Multiples
More Items in Japanese Prints & Multiples
View More
Recommended Art
View More
Item Details
Description
MIKI SUIZAN (1887-1957) was in Kinashi in Hyogo Prefecture, northwest of Osaka. His birth name was Miki Saiichiro and he likely took the go (artist name) Suizan while studying Japanese-style painting from 1903 to 1913 with the famous Kyoto nihonga painter Takeuchi Seiho (1864-1942. Starting in 1913 he exhibited at the government sponsored exhibitions Bunten and its successors Teiten and Shin-Bunten. At the 13th Teiten in 1932 he was accorded mukansa or non-vetted status, "which was reserved for artists who contributed greatly to contemporary painting over the course of many years, and allowed Suizan to exhibit his work freely at the official exhibitions without the usual application and vetting process." He is known for his paintings of beautiful women, bijin-ga, in the nihonga style.
Suizan's work is in the collections of the Tokyo Museum of Modern Art, the Kyoto Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Toledo Museum of Art, which holds his 14 prints, and other prominent museums. His 1934 Teiten and 1939 Shin-Bunten paintings are in the collection of the National Museum of Korea, and are illustrated in the Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art catalogue, Japanese Modern Art Collection from the National Museum of Korea.
While Suizan's fame rests on his paintings, he created fourteen print designs around 1924 for the Kyoto publisher Sato Shotaro, who also published works for the artist Yoshikawa Kanpo (1894-1979). Suizan's fourteen prints for Shotaro were published in 1924 and 1925 and consist of two series, one made up of eight landscapes in horizontal format and known as New Selection of Noted Places of Kyoto, (First Series), the other made up of six portraits of beauties (bijin-ga) in vertical format and known as New Selection of Noted Places of Kyoto, (Second Series), both in the shin hanga style. Suizan's designs were carved by Maeda Kentaro and printed by Oiwa Tokuzo, employed by Shōtarō. All fourteen of these prints were displayed in the seminal Toledo exhibition in 1930.
Please note that this lot has a confidential reserve. When you leave a bid in advance of the auction, submit your maximum. The bidder who has submitted the highest bid wins the lot, provided the bid exceeds the reserve price.
Shipping:
Your purchase is protected:
Photos, descriptions, and estimates were prepared with the utmost care by a fully certified expert and appraiser. All items in this sale are guaranteed authentic.
In the rare event that the item did not conform to the lot description in the sale, Jasper52 specialists are here to help. Buyers may return the item for a full refund provided you notify Jasper52 within 5 days of receiving the item.
Condition
VG, no flaws of note
Buyer's Premium
- 15%
Miki Suizan Woodblock Hozu River Rapids
Estimate $1,000 - $1,200
1 bidder is watching this item.
Shipping & Pickup Options
Item located in Georgia$25 shipping in the US
Payment
See More Items From This Jasper52 Seller
TOP