FUSHIMI INARI SHRINE (Takenaka Fu)

N.1 sosaku-hanga woodblock print
Period: 21st century
Condition: very good
Size: 27 x 39 cm

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Description

Beautiful sosaku-hanga (創作版画) woodcut of large vertical format, signed by the artist Takenaka Fu (武中楓) and depicting a detail of the famous sequence of the vermilion Senbon Torii (千本鳥居) “thousand gates” of the Fushimi Inari Taisha (伏見稲荷大社) shrine.

The work, entitled “Oinarisan” (お稲荷さん), which is the name by which the important Shinto shrine located in southern Kyoto (京都) is affectionately called, is marked as number 114 of a limited edition of 200 copies.

The fine print on Japanese washi paper (和紙) is in very good condition.