Woodblock Print Harimaze Sheet - Japan

Woodblock Print Harimaze Sheet - Japan

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Original harimaze (cutout) woodblock print - Paper - From the series 'Kokon meihitsu ishizuri kagami' 古今名筆石摺鑑 - Japan - Mid to late 19th century (Edo/Meiji period)

Size: high 35cm, wide 25cm

Very good condition

Object History: Ex Lyon & Turnbull, previously from the collection of Arthur Halcrow Verstage. Arthur Halcrow Verstage (1875-1969) was an architect who spent much of his career in the public sector. He was a student at the Royal Academy School of Architecture in the 1900s and was elected as an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1902. By 1903 he was a student and assistant at the Central School of Arts and Crafts (later known as the Central School of Art and Design) in London where William Lethaby was principal and a great influence on him. He then oversaw the design of the new school in Southampton Row from 1905-8. From here he became an architect for London County Council and was involved with many London societies, and as a founding member of the Kelmscott Fellowship, a forerunner to The William Morris Society. His large and varied collection was a reflection of his wide interest in the arts. His archive was purchased by The William Morris Society in 2005.