Ônishi Yasuko (b. 1942)
A rosy-nosed white harlequin kitten, sitting against a blue and purple background.
Title: Amakusa no Chûta(i?) (Koneko) (Kitten in Amakusa) (handwritten in pencil)
Signature: Yasuko Onishi (hand-signed in pencil)
Carved and printed by the artist herself.
Date: n.d. (1980?)
Edition: 3/50
Original Japanese colour woodblock print. Size: 26 x 35 cm (image), 32 x 41 cm (overall)
Excellent impression, colours and condition. Small printing colour smudge in right margin.
About the artist: Merritt/Yamada, Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1900-1975. Honolulu 1992, p. 123. The well-known artist, who partly lives on the Amakusa Islands off the west coast of Kyûshu, had an exhibition of her woodblock prints in Germany in 1980 at the Marburger Kunstverein.
€ 560,-