Vintage Signed/Dated & Chop Marked Sadao Watanabe New Testament Woodblock Prints - Set of 15

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This is a set of fifteen (15) woodblock prints from a series of signed (in the plate), dated and chop … more This is a set of fifteen (15) woodblock prints from a series of signed (in the plate), dated and chop marked images by the listed Japanese/American artist Sadao Watanabe (Japan 1913-1996). They were pulled from "Katazome Hanga No.83," printed in Tokyo, Japan in 1976. Each depicts a scene from the New Testament. Printed on one side only, each with a separate title sheet. Dimensions; Apprx.:6.25 " x 6.25" each.

After Sadao Watanabe (Japanese, 1913 – 1996)
Woodblock on paper
Signed in block to lower right
Pulled from Katazome Hanga Roba-No-Mimi No.83

Sadao Watanabe (渡辺 貞夫, Japan, 1913-1996) was a Japanese printmaker and one of the most successful artists in Japan during the second half of the 20th century. Watanabe’s unique biblically themed prints produced by stencil printing in mingei (folk) style wre well recognized and made the artist famous internationally.

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