Kanji Shōhin Gashū 観爾小品画集
1933. Item #89594
Kanji Shōhin Gashū 観爾小品画集
[Maria Gabō マリア画房, publisher]
[Kyoto]
[Showa 8 (1933)]
[Flowers, Botanical]. Kanji Shōhin Gashū [Kyoto], [Maria Gabō マリア画房, publisher], [Showa 8 (1933)].
15 oblong color woodblock prints of flowers 29.5 x 41.6 cm, many in fan format. Maria Gabō マリア画房 was a very skilled woodblock printing house in the 1930s. Their aesthetic sense differs from others of the period; the palette is subtler, the printing more "boneless" - overall a more painterly effect is achieved in this group of prints by two of the most celebrated Kyoto artists of the day, Kobayashi Kanji 小林観爾 (1892-1974) and Matsumura Suiho 松村翆鳳. Here, publisher Maria Gabō has created prints embellished with all the effects of a deluxe production, with bokashi, mica, overprinting and other techniques.
Kobayashi Kanji 小林観爾 (1892-1974) was born in Nagasaki prefecture and studied under established artist Araki Jippo 荒木十畝 (1872-1944), graduating from Kyoto Municipal Painting College 京都市立絵画専門学校 (now Kyoto City University of Arts 京都市立芸大). In Taisho 14 [1925] he was awarded a prize for his painting of a Chinese peony in the annual prestigious art exhibition Teikokubijutsuin 帝国美術院展覧会 [Imperial Art Academy Exhibition]. He was known particularly for his bird and flower paintings. Matsumura Suiho 松村翆鳳 was a painting teacher and a designer of kimono patterns.
The original ribbon-bound boards with printed paper title label are worn, yet the prints themselves are very good. Maria Gabō productions have almost always been broken up for the prints, so this is a very unusual collection. Complete.
Price: $1,850.00