Fu Takenaka – Bunnosuke Chaya kara

Original woodblock print, hand-signed and numbered 68/200 by the artist. First published in the Heisei period (1989 – 2019).

Image size (excluding margins): 32.5 * 21.5 cm (12.8 * 8.5 in).

The print in very good state. There is a wrinkle in the image in the sky.

The pictures shown here are from the print itself.

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Fu Takenaka (1945 – 2022) was a successful woodblock print artist. She had a background in design, fashion and fabric, and transitioned to woodblock printing later in life. Her favorite themes were temples in and around Kyoto and owls. She depicted these in a dreamlike style, very distinct from other Japanese woodblock print artists.

Fu Takenaka collaborated with the Kyoto based woodblock print publisher Unsodo, but designed, carved and printed the works herself, from start to finish. They were published in limited editions, hand-signed and numbered in pencil. Since her passing Unsodo has started to complete her limited editions. Currently we have both the first of these as well as a number of remaining life-time editions on offer.

An overview of the woodblock prints by Fu Takenaka can be found here.

See an overview of Fu Takenaka's woodblock prints