The Tennoji Park

Catalog note / 解説

You are bidding on a Japanese woodblock print “The Tennoji Park” which is the 4th of the Series “Thirty-six Views of Osaka” signed by the famous early Showa artist Rasaku Akamatsu (1898-1953). This woodblock print comes with a small pamphlet that says “The artist Rinsaku Akamatsu, being an authority of modern western style painting, selected the thirty-six views of Osaka in order to represent them as they were before the recent war damages, and made the views into woodblock prints.” “Number 8 of the Series, Tennoji Park, The Japanese garden has a rivulet flowing into a quiet pond. Other attractions of the park are a zoological garden, a greenhouse, an art museum, a citizen’s library, music…