Waterside Castle, 1973
by Oka Shikanosuke
IHL Cat. #2606
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About This Print
Spending fifteen years in France, Oka was heavily influenced by the Post-Impressionist painters. This posthumous print, after his original painting (shown below), was part of Volume 2 of the "Okanosuke Oka Woodblock Print Collection," published by the Katō Print Institute in 1973. However, this print does not show any publisher's mark, as do the editioned prints (150 prints) in the "Woodblock Print Collection," in the lower right margin, suggesting it is trial or proof print.
While it is said that Oka's works are not depictions of actual scenes, this print bears a fair resemblance to a lithograph in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (shown below) by an anonymous 19th century artist titled "Château d'Happegienne."
岡鹿之助 第二輯 版画集
昭和48年11月[December 1973]
150組限定 エンピツサイン 番号 入り
紙・越前生漉奉書
(人間国宝 岩野市兵衛 手漉)
帙入り 5枚1組
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上置「巣」Nest
1.「三色すみれ」Tri-color Violets
2.「村の発電所」Village Power Station
3.「残雪の牧場」Remaining Snow at the Farm
4.「水辺の城」Waterside Castle
5.「赤い城」Red Castle
Château d'Happegienne, Anonymous, Publisher F. Dubreuil (French active 1830–60), lithograph
Image source: Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) 60.624.86
