Original Wada Sanzo Woodblock Print Fortune Teller Uranai-shi Shrine Showa Oban 18"W LS#024 Hibachi carrying a staff

carrying a staff

Type: Overglaze kutani-style chawan

An early adopter of the sōsaku-hanga style where artist handled all steps of creation - from concept to carving to printing

This cup remains in fine condition

Here Portland-based artist Ningshu Fang works in the nihonga tradition

Original Wada Sanzo Woodblock Print Fortune Teller Uranai-shi Shrine Showa Oban 18"W LS#024 Hibachi carrying a staffWada Sanz (18831967) Fortune Teller (, Uranai shi), from Shwa Shokugy E zukushi (Japanese Vocations in Pictures) Vintage Japanese Shwa Era, c. 1940 The series was started in 1938 to immediate success, with the first two series published by Nishinomiya Shoin, but publication was halted in 1943 due to WWII. The third and final series was published in the 1950s by Kyoto Hanga in. Series 1 and 2 were limited editions of 300 prints each. This impression is