{"title":"Woodcut","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"settai-komura-poster","title":"Settai Komura 小村雪岱","description":"\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eSettai Komura (1887-1940) \u003cbr\u003eFallen Leaves (落葉)\u003cbr\u003e Color woodcut\u003cbr\u003e Publisher: Adachi, circa 1942\u003cbr\u003e Sheet size: Oban format\u003cbr\u003e Framed: In an oak frame with passe-partout and backing board, acid-free and with anti-reflective, 70% UV-protective glass (39x54.5 cm)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e The works of Settai Komura, painter, illustrator, book and stage designer of the Taishô and Shôwa periods, impress with their unique composition, design and subtle sense of beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57006229062016,"sku":"V027","price":4500.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0961\/2505\/9456\/files\/B005_Front_6f3670b6-8f0a-4ad1-82d0-9eb77065085b.webp?v=1765273082"},{"product_id":"kiyoshi-saito-1907-1997-poster","title":"Kiyoshi Saito 斎藤清","description":"\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eKiyoshi Saito (1907-1997)\u003cbr\u003e Tanbo (rice field)\u003cbr\u003e Color woodcut\u003cbr\u003e Signed in print, titled in pencil,\u003cbr\u003e Numbered 50\/150 and dated 1962\u003cbr\u003e 60x45.5 cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"\"\u003eSaito spent his youth on Hokkaido and came to Tokyo in 1932 to study Western oil painting. 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