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Sozan, barn swallows and rain

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ITO SOZAN (1884 - ?) BARN SWALLOWS AND RAIN
Woodcut. Signed ' Sozan', artist's seal. Very good impression, with silver mica for rain effect; very good colour, lightly toned, otherwise in good condition.
382 x 170 mm.

Ito Sozan designed prints with bird and flower subjects for the publisher Watanabe Shozaburo from 1919 to 1926. Afterwards Shoson (Koson) took his place. It is not known if Shoson was hired to replace Sozan, or why Sozan stopped designing prints at this time. The prints created by Ito Sozan and Koson are very similar to each other. The artists often used the same traditional subject matter derived from Meiji era kacho-e. On the whole, Sozan's prints are not as detailed or realistic as those of Ohara Shoson, but many of them have a wonderful painterly quality.

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