Japanese Woodblock Print: Eagle on Branch in the Wind by Kogyo Terazaki, C.1930
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Eagle on Branch in the Wind by Kogyo Terazaki, C.1930Description:Japanese Woodblock Print: Eagle on a Branch in the Wind by Kogyo Terazaki, C.1930 Japan. Early Showa Period. Crisply printed, the scene depicting the figure of a watchful eagle perched on the branch of a pine tree; the lower right side with artists signature and red seal.Tsukioka, Kogyo (1869 - 1927) was born in Tokyo in 1869 as Hanyu Sadanosuke. The adopted son of the famed ukiyo-e artist Yoshitoshi, Kogyo studied both painting and woodblock printing under him. He later studied with Gekko. Kogyo's landscapes show the delicate Japanese style and colouring, yet at the same time they also show Western influence. He was mainly a painter, but he also produced woodblock prints of bijin, kacho-e and war prints of the Russo-Japanese war, where he served as a war correspondent. On his prints Terazaki Kōgyō often used the name Sōzan (also pronounced Shūzan).Dimensions:9.25" high x 10" wide (23.5cm x 25.4cm).Condition:Overall, the print is in fair/good condition with appropriate signs of age. The page with light fading and toning; the edges with minor soiling/wear from general handling. The top edge with slight band and ripples to the page from a previous mounting; the back with remnants of tape residue along each corner as well as a thin patch near the left corner (presumably
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