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Enryakuji Japanese Temple Woodblock Print - Ship Dinner Menu 1937 SOLD


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Directory: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Woodblock Prints: Shin-Hanga: Pre 1940: Item # 1492276

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Enryakuji Temple, Hiyeizan (Hieizan), Kyoto.
Artist not identified.
Dated August 21st, 1937.
Size: 7.5 x 5375 inches (19 x 13.6 cm).
A cover of a dinner menu of the Nippon Yusen Line passenger ship, Chichibu Maru.
Publisher: Likely Nippon Mokuhan Co. Tokio (Japan Woodblock Co. Tokyo), who produced another of our ship menu woodblock prints.
Medium: Shin-hanga Japanese woodblock print. The traditional means of woodblock print creation was employed for all steps through inking of the carved blocks. Then, the block was used in a mechanical printing process.
Condition: Excellent.