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Kokuen
Artist
Hikoyama, Teikichi
Date1922-1923
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensions13 x 9 3/4 in. (33 x 24.8 cm)
ClassificationsArchives
Credit LineGift of the Obata Family
Object number95.249.2
DescriptionBook, titled "Kokuen" (Black Flames) consists of 27 woodcut prints in black ink. Artist, Teikichi Hikoyama, created this booklet of woodcut prints in 1922-1923. Covers are of tan colored heavy rice paper. Front cover is decorated with black and silver colored Japanese characters in a square design. Bottom right corner has black colored cut out lettering pasted onto cover. A red "han" with stylized English lettering of artist's name accompanies each print-lower right corner. Each print has a title.
Okubo, Benji
Henry Sugimoto
1900-1960
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