Japanese Musician - Vintage Wood Block Poster
A magnificent Japanese Wood Block Print of a man in a kimono playing a shakuhachi flute.
 
A stunningly beautiful Japanese Wood Block Print of a Japanese musician playing shakuhachi flute by Utagawa Kuniyoshi.The image is of a Japanese man in a kimono patterned with leaves, seated and playing a shakuhachi flute. The character may possibly be an actor and a musician.
 
About the Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi was a painter, illustrator, designer of wood block prints, 1797-1861. He was born in Edo, Japan, in 1797, and died in 1861. He completed his apprenticeship with Toyokuni from 1811 to 1814, his earliest works were prints of actors and beautiful women. Recognised as a prominent artist around the 1830’s to the 1850’s and he produced in excess of 20,000 print designs. His subjects were varied and included, landscapes and images of marine creatures, but his images of warriors made him famous.