Unichi Hiratsuka woodblock,1st/le,Lakeside,from Michener book listed, published

Description

Unichi Hiratsuka woodblock, Japan,
1st ed, 481/510, 18.5 x 12.6 inches
titled;Lakeside at Byodo inn
pencil signed. unbacked.
sosaku hanga modernist style,
self published, excellent condition.
well listed artist, in museums and collections worldwide.
published in  book by James Michener , Tuttle, 1962,
considered by the authors to be the best prints by the top 10  sosaku hanga artists working at that time
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Included in the book "The Modern Japanese Print, An Appreciation" by James Michener, 1962, Tuttle.
see last pic for arists comments on this print
bio
In 1935 Hiratsuka taught the first woodblock printing course at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts. He moved to Washington D.C. in 1962, and spent thirty three years in the States.  While living in Washington DC, he was commissioned by three standing Presidents to carve woodblock prints of National Landmarks, which included the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument and the Library of Congress which are in the collections of The National Gallery and Freer Gallery today.  Hiratsuka was awarded the Order of Cultural Merit by the Japanese government in 1970. In 1991, the Hiratsuka Unichi Print Museum was opened in Suzaka, Naga Prefecture. He returned to Japan in 1994 for his final years.
Hiratsuka's works reside in collections worldwide including: Tokyo Museum of Modern Art; Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; Boston Museum of Fine Arts; New York Metropolitan Museum; Rockefeller Foundation, New York; Library of Congress, Washington, DC, the British Museum, London and the Chicago Art Institute; Honolulu Academy of Arts; Cincinnati Art Museum; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh.
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