Beautiful silkscreen print "Kasuga Taisha Bugaku Hajime" (Ceremony of traditional Japanese Court dances at Kasuga Taisha Shrine) is by Masaaki Tanaka (b.1947). Sheet number 156/300, title in Japanese, and hand-signed on the bottom margin. Amazing colors and fine contrast.  

-Kasuga Taisha Bugaku Hajimeshiki - (Ceremony of traditional Japanese Court dances at Kasuga Taisha Shrine, Nara  in January) 

Masaaki Tanaka was born in Tokyo in 1947. He graduated from Musashino Art University with a major in Oil Painting in 1971. He educated himself in silkscreen after learning woodblock printmaking and stone lithography, while making repeated visits to Europe and the United States. His silkscreen shows Japanese traditional festivals or cultures. His work is found in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, Honolulu Museum of Art, and Albrecht Fine Art Museum. Now he is a well-known silkscreen artist. His collectors are based worldwide.

Technique: Silkscreen
Paper size: 9 and 5/8 by 13 inches (24.5 cm x 33 cm)
Image size: 5 and 7/8 x 8 and 5/8 inches (15 x 21.8 cm)
Sheet number: 156/300
Date: N/A
Signed: Hand-Signed on the bottom margin
Condition: Pristine condition

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