Mizufune Rokushū 水船六洲, 1912-1980.

<img alt= Born in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture. Graduated 1936 from Sculpture Dept., Tokyo Art School. Known widely as a sculptor and printmaker; founding member of Zokei Hanga Kyokai in 1937, member of Japan Print Society.



See:

  • Frances Blakemore. Who's Who in Modern Japanese Prints (New York, Tokyo: Weatherhill, 1975), p. 116.
  • Helen Merritt and Nanako Yamada. Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1900-1975 (Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, c1992), p. 93.
  • Mary and Norman Tolman. Collecting Modern Japanese Prints Then & Now (Rutland Vermont & Tokyo Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1994), p. 233.



Mizufune_Rokushu_abstractbirds_3 (673K) Creator.Personal Name: 水船六洲, 1912-1980.
Creator.Personal Name: Mizufune Rokushū, 1912-1980.
Creator.Role: print-maker
Title: [Abstract birds]
Description: framed colored woodblock print; brush signed in the image lower right; unnumbered ed.; framed and laid down to a board at the artist's studio (label on back)
Subject: Birds.
Type: Woodcuts.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 12 x 16 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Detail: signature.
Mizufune_Rokushu_abstractbirds_3_sig (52K)


Mizufune_Rokushu_abstractbird (824K) Creator.Personal Name: 水船六洲, 1912-1980.
Creator.Personal Name: Mizufune Rokushū, 1912-1980.
Creator.Role: print-maker
Title: [Abstract birds]
Description: colored woodblock print; signed in the block; unnumbered, unlimited ed.
Type: Woodcuts.
Subject: Birds.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 6 1/4 X 4 1/4 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Mizufune Rokushu S-1
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.


Mizufune_Rokushu_abstractbird_2 (258K) Creator.Personal Name: 水船六洲, 1912-1980.
Creator.Personal Name: Mizufune Rokushū, 1912-1980.
Creator.Role: print-maker
Title: [Abstract birds]
Description: colored woodblock print; signed in the block; unnumbered, unlimited ed.
Type: Woodcuts.
Subject: Birds.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Mizufune Rokushu S-1
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.


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