Tanaka Ryohei, "Spring Village No. 2"

Trees are a plenty in this composition showing traditional homes in a rural village in Japan during Spring. In the front sits a thatched-roof home (kayabuki). Date: 1981 Size: Approx. 10" x 13" (image); 15" x 17" paper Edition: 11/100 Condition: Fine/excellent Tanaka Ryohei (1933-2019) achieved worldwide recognition for his intricately detailed etchings of rural Japan. Some of his most recognized compositions show farmhouses and the thatched-roofs that dominate Japan's countryside. And the fineness in the details of the trees he incorporates into his compositions adds to the allure of his works.