Title: 神秘の屋久島 (Mysterious Yakushima Island). Artist Proof.
Artist: Fumio Kitaoka (1918-2007).
Signed & Dated: Signed, titled, & dated in Pencil. Published 1995.
Medium: Woodblock Print.
Size: Sheet: Approx W: 63.50cm x H: 48.50cm. (Image: W: 54.50cm x H: 39.50cm).
Condition: Excellent. Lovely clean image & condition to paper. Please refer to photos / Contact for any further questions & condition report. “Fumio Kitaoka” paper watermark to margin.
Notes: A wonderful image capturing the dense, green, subtropical vegetation of Yakushima island - a Unesco world heritage site found off Kyushu’s southern coast, & celebrated for its Yakusugi cedar trees, mountainous slopes, & mysterious ancient forests. The inspiration to Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli Princess Mononoke!
Article: The Guardian, Yakushima, Japan: an island of natural wonders, Tom Fay, Oct 2015.
Title: 神秘の屋久島 (Mysterious Yakushima Island). Artist Proof.
Artist: Fumio Kitaoka (1918-2007).
Signed & Dated: Signed, titled, & dated in Pencil. Published 1995.
Medium: Woodblock Print.
Size: Sheet: Approx W: 63.50cm x H: 48.50cm. (Image: W: 54.50cm x H: 39.50cm).
Condition: Excellent. Lovely clean image & condition to paper. Please refer to photos / Contact for any further questions & condition report. “Fumio Kitaoka” paper watermark to margin.
Notes: A wonderful image capturing the dense, green, subtropical vegetation of Yakushima island - a Unesco world heritage site found off Kyushu’s southern coast, & celebrated for its Yakusugi cedar trees, mountainous slopes, & mysterious ancient forests. The inspiration to Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli Princess Mononoke!
Article: The Guardian, Yakushima, Japan: an island of natural wonders, Tom Fay, Oct 2015.
