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Complete set of 12 Framed Japanese Woodblocks Prints "Twelve Months of Kyoto" by Tomikichiro Tokuriki.(1902-2000) Kyoto, Uchida Woodblock Printing Co., circa 1945. Each 15"x14 in frames. Weight on all 29 pds. Tomikichiro Tokuriki was born March 22, 1902, in Kyoto, Japan. okuriki was born into a family of Kyoto artists that can be traced back as far as the Keicho era (1596-1615).The first teacher of the young Tomikichiro was his grandfather. Later he entered the Kyoto School of Arts and Crafts with a two-year preparatory class and four years of regular training. He then attended the Kyoto City Specialist School of Painting in 1924 for a three year course of study. In 1928 he studied Nihonga (Japanese style) painting under Tsuchida Bakusen (1887-1936) and Yamamoto Shunkyo (1871-1933) and he exhibited with Kokuga Sosaku Kyokai (National Painting Creative Association.) In 1929 he abandoned painting for woodblock printing under the influence of Hiratsuka Un'ichi (1895-1997) and began to contribute to the early print magazine Han. In addition to training with Hiratsuka, Tokuriki also studied printmaking with the engraver (carver) Keikichi Hono and the printer Tokuzo O'iwa [who reportedly was a printer for Utagawa Hiroshige III (1842–1894). Tokuriki was a prolific print artist throughout his life and was active in writing about printmaking and teaching until he was into his 90s. In addition to Japanese artists he also taught printmaking to a number of foreign artists including David Stones and Daniel Kelly. .Tokuriki traveled extensively throughout the United States and Europe and in the 1960’s he opened several exhibitions of his works in major U.S. cities such as, New York, Chicago, Cleveland and Pittsburgh.Tokuriki's work can be found in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; University of Alberta Art Collection; Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya; Art Gallery of Greater Victoria; Carnegie Museum of Art; Five College Museums/Historic Deerfield Collections; Harvard Art Museum; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago; Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro; Brooklyn Museum; Yale University Art Gallery. PROVENANCE: A Charleston SC Private Estate. ***Pickup only or Shipping on this item offered through Outward Bound 413-854-3676, Laneys Ship & Haul 256-770-5750, Pak Mail 843-849-0310 - info@charlestonshipping.com. The UPS store 843-202-0141 - store6478@theupsstore.com or locally AJ Williams & Sons 843-442-0462. Contact us for a list of more shippers or contact your own choice of shipper directly. ***