{"id":3763,"date":"2018-12-05T16:28:04","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T07:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/history-here.com?page_id=3763"},"modified":"2018-12-07T07:34:52","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T22:34:52","slug":"tokushi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/history-here.com\/en\/stories\/tokushi","title":{"rendered":"KATSUHIRA TOKUSHI"},"content":{"rendered":"

Woodprint artist KATSUHIRA TOKUSHI was born in 1904 in a Japanese paper craftsmen\u2019s\u00a0family in the Teppo ward (now Omachi) of Akita city. from his early days he was a very\u00a0good drawer and at the age of 20 he did his first attempt of printing, thus coming in touch\u00a0with the vivid coloring style of Ukiyoe pictures.
\nKATSUHIRA was self-taught and mastered printing techniques by himself. The trendy idea\u00a0of art and novelty printing of the time was that a single artist should complete all the\u00a0process of the picture \u2013 from drawing to carving and then to printing alone. Following that\u00a0idea in 1928 KATSUHIRA discovered an original coloring technique that he constantly\u00a0 used\u00a0afterwards.
\nKATSUHIRA never left Akita and spent all his creative life devoted to depicting the rich\u00a0nature and local customs of his native town. Simple and robust lines and his original bright\u00a0coloring can easily distinguish his prints from others. KATSUHIRA\u2019s works won the Entry\u00a0prize in the National exhibitions and abroad.\u00a0Many traditional things of hometown Akita can be found in KATSUHIRA\u2019s woodprints.
\nThese are not only valuable as works of art but they are also an\u00a0 indispensable resource for\u00a0the studies of the local customs and culture of the time. Drawn with the enfolding and observant sight of KATSUHIRA TOKUSHI, his woodblock prints are close to the hearts of many viewers now. His prints help people recall dear scenes from historical Akita that are kept in everyone\u2019s hearts as the true picture of hometown Akita.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Akarenga Kan<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Woodprint artist KATSUHIRA TOKUSHI was born in 1904 in a Japanese paper craftsmen\u2019s\u00a0family in the Teppo ward (now Omachi) of Akita city. from his early days he was a very\u00a0good drawer and at the age of 20 he did his first attempt of printing, thus coming in touch\u00a0with the vivid coloring style of Ukiyoe pictures. … Continue reading KATSUHIRA TOKUSHI<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":414,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_about_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_gallery_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_contact_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_events_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_video_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_portfolio_piece":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3763","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9gCtR-YH","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/history-here.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/history-here.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/history-here.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/history-here.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/history-here.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3763"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/history-here.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3765,"href":"https:\/\/history-here.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3763\/revisions\/3765"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/history-here.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/history-here.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}