Posted 12 years ago
toracat
(728 items)
Hi this is small print from thrift store. My friend does not know artist, but she says it is the "Kotohira Honguu" Temple, It is small print 4 1/2" X 6 1/2". Kind of peaceful. Never heard of Artist, I bought it because it was less than 5-6 dollars. If anyone knows this artist, please let me know, thanks, I will sell soon. I do not know if it is woodblock print or regular print, there are now photographic dots, I just put photo of Shrine!, from internet. toracat
The artist is Masaya Watanabe. Here's another example of his work:
https://www.fujiarts.com/cgi-bin/item.pl?item=892918
According to this page, he's an artist of the sosaku-hanga (self-printed woodblock) movement, born in 1931.
Your listing caught my eye (despite its age) because I recently found another artist's print of the sosaku-hanga movement and this made me curious to look at others!
Also, the lettering on your print does indeed read Kotohira (the first 4 characters) and Hongu (the fifth and sixth). Your photograph shows the place in question - not a Buddhist temple but a Shinto shrine.
In any case, it's a nice find, and I hope either you or the purchaser (if there was one) appreciates the attractiveness of this colourful, energetic piece.
Thank you very much!