Oda Kazuma, 1881-1956
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Eight Views of Tokyo: Snow at Tamanoi (lithograph)
(Tokyo Kinko Hakkei: Tamanoi Sekei) |
signed at lower right in penciled Roman script, Kazuma Oda 1932, and numbered at left 6/20
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9 1/4 by 12 3/4 in., 23.5 by 32.5 cm
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Born in Tokyo, Oda Kazuma studied Western-style painting with Kawamura Kiyoo (1899-1934) and lithography with Kaneko Masajirô. Kazuma worked primarily as a lithographer, but he was also an ukiyo-e enthusiast, publishing two books on the subject. Although he produced six shin-hanga style woodblock prints with the publisher Watanabe Shozaburo (1885-1962), the vast majority of his oeuvre was in the medium of lithography.
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This print is an particularly interesting work as Kazuma managed to produce a lithograph that successfully captures the feel of a woodblock print. Although he was prolific with his designs, his self-published prints were produced in small editions.
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References:
Helen Merritt, Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints, 1990, p. 62
Helen Merrit, Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints, 1992, p. 114
Oda Kazuma Ten: Meiji - Taisho - Showa, Utsuriyuku Fuukei (Oda Kazuma Exhibition: Meiji - Taisho Showa, Changing Scenery), 2000, p. 119, no. 166
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price: $ 2,800
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