Crossing Umbrellas (Signed, Purple version)
by Teruhide Kato (1936–2015)
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- Type
- Original woodblock print
- First edition
- 1990–2015
- This edition
- before 2015
- Image size
- 42.0 × 20.0 cm
- Signing
- Hand-signed
- Condition
- Excellent (see condition notes)
- Publisher
- Unsodo
Description
Teruhide Kato likened the umbrellas in Gion, Kyoto, to flowers, perhaps giving him the idea for the composition of the current design where the umbrellas and alley are seen from above, as if looking down at flowers on the ground. There are variants of this design. The most common one has the umbrellas in red and black. The posthumous editions use these colors as well. The current version is much rarer.
Condition notes
The print is in excellent condition. It is mounted in a passe-partout, but it is possible to remove it.
