Featured Modern Japanese Woodblock?

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  1. kardinalisimo

    kardinalisimo Well-Known Member

    D557670F-0696-47DF-938C-0F48FB669BCA.jpeg 4246C118-67DB-4E65-A3E0-6AD4052FDC78.jpeg Any chance to ID the artist?
     
    kardinalisimo, Jul 22, 2018
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  2. NewEngland

    NewEngland Well-Known Member

    Could it be Sadao Watanabe? The faces are very similar.
     
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  3. kardinalisimo

    kardinalisimo Well-Known Member

    Thanks a bunch, that’s a very good suggestion.
    The style, colors and printing technique are very similar to Sadao Watanabe‘s ones. And the same chop mark can be seen on some of his works.
    What’s unusual is that this print does not bear his signature.
    From what I found out his pieces feature mostly biblical motives. Wonder if this print has something the with the Bible as well?
     
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  4. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    It certainly is the style, but a different stamp. He could have changed it, yours looks like it could be a more stylized Watanabe stamp.
    Worth looking into.
    This is the stamp I've seen so far, signed as well:
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