Fu Takenaka – Bunnosuke Chaya kara

Original woodblock print, numbered 72/200. The first edition of this design was published in the Heisei period (1989 – 2019). The current print was printed in 2022.

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

There is a wrinkle in the left margin, and a very mild wrinkle in the image to the right of the pagoda.

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.

See an overview of Fu Takenaka's woodblock prints