{"product_id":"tokushi-katsuhira-勝平得之-akita-scenery-evening-at-hodono-bridge","title":"Tokushi Katsuhira 勝平得之: Akita Scenery; Evening at Hodono Bridge (Sold)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist: \u003c\/strong\u003eTokushi Katsuhira 勝平得之 (1904-1971)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle: \u003c\/strong\u003eAkita Landscape: Evening at Hodono Bridge 秋田風景 保戸野橋の夕\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate: \u003c\/strong\u003eca.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e1930s  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIt is evening, and a fire tower rises behind the pink-hued Hodono Bridge, the sun glimpsed sinking in the far horizon.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAlong the road to the right we see a telephone line and several village homes next to the final rays of the sun that spill onto the road.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e Flying in the pink\/purple sky are what seem to be seagulls. Even the title has been printed in pink, left margin. Tokushi Katsuhira was a self-taught artist who came from a family of farmers and papermakers; he was a carver of dolls before taking a course in woodcarving in 1928. He exhibited with Nihon Sosaku-Hanga Kyokai in 1928 and 1929.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eMost of his later works show local people engaged in the traditions and customs of his native Akita, so these purely landscape works are quite different from his later work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: \u003c\/strong\u003eExcellent impression, color and condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 24.4 x 30.5 cm  \u003cstrong\u003eSealed\u003c\/strong\u003e: Tokushi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/strong\u003eSelf-printed by the artist\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tokushi Katsuhira","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42388495597650,"sku":"TKS011","price":475.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0079\/3388\/6546\/files\/TKS011.jpg?v=1777876493","url":"https:\/\/egenolfgallery.com\/products\/tokushi-katsuhira-%e5%8b%9d%e5%b9%b3%e5%be%97%e4%b9%8b-akita-scenery-evening-at-hodono-bridge","provider":"Egenolf Gallery Japanese Prints","version":"1.0","type":"link"}