- Blue Torii Gate, Miyajima - EX-LIBRIS this is a later printing

this is a later printing from the original blocks

Tokyo) is by Shufu Miyamoto

Signed: An artist's signature "F

Paper size: 15 and 1/8 inches wide by 20 and 3/8 inches tall (38

Amazing woodblock print "Hatsu haru" (New Year) is by Shinmei Kato (1910-1998)

- Blue Torii Gate, Miyajima - EX-LIBRIS this is a later printingThe beautiful small woodblock print 'Aoi Torii' (Blue Torii Gate, Miyajima) is by Osamu Ueda (b. 1947). It depicts the lesser known blue torii gate at a small shrine in Miyajima, capturing the tranquil atmosphere at sunset. Osamu Ueda was born in 1947 in Hiroshima Prefecture. The artist has an unusual background, having graduated from the Faculty of Dentistry at Hiroshima University. He and his father, Isao Ueda (b. 1924), held an exhibition together