- Shiki Kacho -zu (Flowers and Birds of the Four Seasons) - Kacho-zu Through the bucket

Through the bucket

Date: This work was produced and printed circa the 1980s

Image size: 10 and 1/8 x 15 and 1/2 inches (25

this impressive large-format piece is part of his popular Asian Series

you will be transported to the serene and picturesque landscape of Gotemba

- Shiki Kacho -zu (Flowers and Birds of the Four Seasons) - Kacho-zu Through the bucketThis large, exquisite woodblock print "Shiki Kach zu" (Flowers and Birds of the Four Seasons) is by Hoitsu Sakai (17611828), a celebrated Japanese Nihonga painter of the Rinpa school. A master of the Edo Rinpa tradition, following in the footsteps of Sotatsu and Korin, Hoitsu developed a refined, urbane style distinguished by elegance and grace. Originally painted during the Edo period as a folding screen, this work was reproduced as a woodblock print