Bidspirit auction | Shoda, Koho (1871-1946) Mt Asama

Shoda, Koho (1871-1946) Mt Asama from the rice-field, color woodblock - Shoda, Koho (1871-1946) Mt Asama from the rice-field, color wood block, signed in lower left along with publisher stamp (Hasegawa/Nishinomiya Publishing), laid down with permanent tape.Shoda Koho (????) was a Japanese artist associated with the shin-hanga (“New Prints”) art movement in Japan during the early 20th century. This movement was influenced by European Impressionism and its imagery focused on landscapes, women, and nature.Kan Shoda (also sometimes identified as Hiroshima Koho), was born in Kanda, Tokyo as the second son of Yasushi Shoda. After graduating from school be became a student of Ogata Gekko to study historical portraits and bijin-ga, and entered the Chuo Shimbun to draw illustrations.Shoda Koho’s entire body of work seems to have been done for Hasegawa/Nishinomiya Publishing and ranged from standalone prints, illustrations that were done for various books and calendars, and series such as in the Hasegawa’s Night Scenes series) and the series ”Japanese Scenes on Tanzaku”. Condition: fair condition, laid down with permanemt tape Dimensions: 16 x 20.5 in Weight: 0.35 lb