- Usuki Sekibutsu (The Usuki Stone Buddhas）- Kazuyuki Ohtsu the print beautifully captures the

the print beautifully captures the cat’s expression

He studied traditional woodblock printmaking under Toshi Yoshida in Tokyo during 1972 -1975

Made for December

Fuji is a good luck/fortune motif in Japan

Date: Showa 7 nen

- Usuki Sekibutsu (The Usuki Stone Buddhas）- Kazuyuki Ohtsu the print beautifully captures theThe small woodblock print 'Usuki Sekibutsu' (The Usuki Stone Buddhas) is by Unichi Hiratsuka (18951997). It depicts the National Treasure stone figures of Buddhas carved into rock in Usuki, Oita Prefecture. These sculptures are believed to have been created between the Heian period (7941185) and the Kamakura period (11851333). Hiratsuka captures them beautifully in a striking black and white composition. The print is hand signed, titled, and dated in