Lot 772: 4 Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints: Fumio Kitaoka, Hayashi Waichi, Teruhide Kato

Four (4) Japanese color woodblock prints. 1st item: Large Fumio Kitaoka (Japan, 1918-2007) color woodblock print of a tea house, titled Kyoto Tea Room, 1981. Pencil signed, dated, titled in Japanese, and inscribed "artist Proof," lower margin. 19" H x 25" W. 2nd item: Large Fumio Kitaoka (Japan, 1918-2007) color woodblock landscape print of a rocky river with colorful foliage beyond, titled Autumn Leaves of Korankei, 1986. Pencil signed, dated, titled in Japanese, and numbered 146/200, lower margin. 14 1/2" H x 18 3/8" W. 3rd item: Large Hayashi Waichi (Japan, b. 1951) color woodblock landscape print of a path that winds through a flowery field and leads toward a distant autumnal forest, with buildings nestled into a cliffside, titled Autumn Road, 1980. Pencil signed, dated, titled in Japanese, and inscribed "Artist Proof," lower margin.19" H x 25" W. 4th item: Teruhide Kato (Japan, 1936-2005) color woodblock print of a stone stairway lined by trees with orange and yellow foliage and which leads toward a temple (Jakko-in Temple in Ohara, near Kyoto), titled Stairs to Jakko-in Temple. Pencil signed, lower margin. 5 5/8 H x 7" W.

PROVENANCE: Private Knoxville, TN collection.

CONDITION: All items in overall very good condition. 1st item with faint toning to sight area.