Shinsui Ito - Hanging A Scroll

Shinsui Ito

Ito Shinsui lithograph from a set titled "Fragrant Beauties". Shinsui Itō was the pseudonym of a Nihonga painter and ukiyo-e woodblock print artist in Taishō- and Shōwa-period Japan. He was one of the great names of the shin-hanga art movement, which revitalized the traditional art after it began to decline with the advent of photography in the early 20th century.

Date: Taisho/early-Showa era 1920-30s

Size: Koban, 5 x 7.25  inches

Condition: Very good color, not backed.