Gihachiro Okuyama – St.Paul’s Catholic Church

Original woodblock print, hand-signed and numbered 81/100 by the artist. First published in 1970.

Image size (excluding margins): 36.4 * 49.0 cm (14.3 * 19.3 in).

The print is in good state. The paper has aged somewhat and there are wrinkles in the upper left corner of the margin, and one in the left margin stretching slightly into the image. There is a sticker on the back.

The pictures shown here are from the print itself.

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Gihachiro Okuyama (1907 – 1981) was a Japanese woodblock print maker. Besides endeavors in advertising, he was a prolific artist and created over a 1000 works both in Shin-Hanga and Sosaku-Hanga style.

An overview of the woodblock prints by Gihachiro Okuyama can be found here.

See an overview of Gihachiro Okuyama's woodblock prints