Up for sale from a recent estate in Hawaii, this 1951 Japanese color print that is untitled depicting a beetle walking up on a flowering branch and was created by the artist Kin-u Takeshita as a painting and re-released as woodblock print by Uchida. The condition is described above for more information please check the photos.
Measurements:
Print 16 inches x 9 ½ inches
Sheet 16 ¾ inches x 10 ½ inches
More about the artist:
Takeshita, Kin-u (fl. c. 1870 - 1920 ) Thought to be a student of Hogai Kano, Kin-u Takeshita worked during the Meiji period as a painter. He primarily painted genre scenes, landscapes, and kacho-e, or bird-and-flower prints. In the 1950s, the publisher Uchida released woodblock prints of Takeshita's paintings.
