Japanese Original Woodblock Print by Teruhide Kato (1936–2015) "Autumn Leaves" Framed LS#230 Statue Antique Japanese Sumida Gawa Flat

Antique Japanese Sumida Gawa Flat Flask Vase

This is a large 18” blue & white antique mid Meiji Era (c

brass lid with silver plum blossom finial

while in one hand he holds a scroll engraved with tiny characters

His work bridges the classical ukiyo-e idiom and the emerging sensibility of modern Japanese printmaking—balancing the elegance of Edo craftsmanship with the luminous realism of Meiji-era color printing

Japanese Original Woodblock Print by Teruhide Kato (1936–2015) "Autumn Leaves" Framed LS#230 Statue Antique Japanese Sumida Gawa FlatTeruhide Kato (, 19362015) Teruhide Kato was born in Kyoto in 1936 and trained in Japanese painting at Kyoto Art University (often rendered Kyoto Art College in English). He first built a successful career as a designer in the kimono worldespecially obi designbefore pivoting to woodblock prints around age 50. His Kyoto views quickly found an audience in Japan and abroad; a New York show and the book Kyoto Romance helped establish his international