Beautiful lithograph "Gion Shirakawa no yoi "(Spring Night in Gion, Kyoto) is by Yoshio Takagi (1923 - 2001). Very tasteful Kyoto subject. Warm night lights from the houses are welcoming the Maiko. Spring plum and beautiful river add a soft and genteel atmosphere. Handwritten dated "'81" and edition number "285/320", printed title, and signed on the bottom margin. 

Yoshio Takagi was a well known Japanese artist (traditional Japanese painting) who was born in 1923. He studied under Shinsui Ito and Tatsuo Takayama. 

Technique: Lithograph 
Paper size: 10 and 1/4 by 13 and 3/4 inches (26 x 35 cm)
Image size: 7 and 1/2 by 10 and 3/8 inches (19 x 26.5 cm)
Sheet number: 285/320
Date: 1981
Signed:  "Yoshio" (it is not hand-signed)  on the bottom margin.
Condition: Excellent condition, faint spots on the margin which will be easily matted out. Please see the picture.

Maiko at night

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