{"title":"Yoshijiro Mokuchu URUSHIBARA","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYoshijiro Urushibara, who adopted the artist’s name Mokuchu, was a Japanese master of color woodblock printing whose career spanned the bridge between Japanese and European printmaking. Born in Tokyo in 1889, he trained in the traditional techniques of carving and printing woodblocks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUrushibara traveled to London for the Japan-British Exhibition of 1910 and remained in England for approximately three decades. There he became an influential figure in the revival of color woodblock printing, admired for his precise registration, water-based inks, and subtle tonal gradations. He collaborated extensively with British artist Frank Brangwyn and also produced prints from his own designs, frequently interpreting European landscapes through the refined technical vocabulary of Japanese printmaking.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUrushibara returned to Japan in 1940 and died in 1953.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"misty-morning-venice-or-grand-canal-venice","title":"Misty Morning, Venice or Grand Canal, Venice","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eWoodblock print (color woodcut) on laid \u003ci\u003eJapan\u003c\/i\u003e paper, circa 1922.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOnly edition, assumed to be of 100. Signed and numbered in pencil. \u003cbr\u003eBearing an unidentified \u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003e\"CN\" or \"GN\" \u003c\/span\u003emonogram stamp, likely belonging a collector in the bottom right sheet corner (not found in Lugt). \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"URUSHIBARA, Yoshijiro Mokuchu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47653545017580,"sku":null,"price":960.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/files\/YoshijiroMokuchuURUSHIBARA-MistyMorning_Venice-Woodblockprint-circa1922detail.jpg?v=1779388174"}],"url":"https:\/\/armstrongfineart.com\/collections\/yoshijiro-mokuchu-urushibara.oembed","provider":"Armstrong Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}